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Thought For the Day: Fame Is A Vapor, Popularity An Accident, and Riches Take Wings. Only One Thing Endures, and That Is Character
“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.” – Horace Greeley
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Tagged Accident, Character, Endure, Fame, Horace Greeley, Popularity, Riches, Thought For the Day, Vapor, Wngs
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Macy’s 99th Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy’s 99th Thanksgiving Day Paradeby Michael DoyleA slight smile replaces my poker faceAs I rush with everyone to find my place.This beautiful parade of yours and mineComes just like an early Valentine.A little special love shines our way,Brought to us … Continue reading
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Tagged 99th, Balloon, Broadway, Character, Christmas, Dancers, Dancing Shoes, Elves, Explore, Family, Felix the Cat, Float, Happiness, Herald Square, Holidays, Inflation, Love, Mack the Knife, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Marching Band, New York City, Poetry and Poems, Radio City Rockettes, Ragtime, Smile, Super Fan, Thanksgiving, Tom Torkey, Travel
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Something Beyond Beautiful
Something Beyond Beautifulby Michael DoyleWhen the hurricanes pass me by,And I realize that I did not die.I go to the place where the river flows,That quiet place where nobody goes.I find that passion has ruled my game,And my character has … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Beyond Beautiful, Born, Character, Cuddle, Dancing, Die, Dream, Dreams, Eyes, Fade, Feeling, Flow, Forever, Found, Frame, Game, Hunger, Hurricane, Life, Light, Live, Lonely Night, Look, Love, Love Song, Moonlight, Name, Opening Key, Passion, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Precious Feelings, Promise, Quiet Place, River, Romance, Smile, Soul, Speak, Stars, Sunrise, Tall Grass, Tears, Touch, Truth, Vision, Wallop, Wonderful, Writing
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Concerns For Perennial Truths
Concerns For Perennial Truthsby Michael DoyleAdmittedly, I grew up differently,Believing in my nation and God reverently.Strength of character and in spirit,Where the battle was righteous, I would bear it.I have watched as our ideals were beaten down,And somehow Marxism claimed … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle, Believe, Character, Christianity, Concern, Different, Dignity, God, Ideals, Jesus, Marsxism, Moral Order, Nation, Pbility, Perennial Truths, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Prosperity, Purpose, Recovery, Reverence, Righteous, Self-Government, Service, Sovereignty, Spirit, Strength, Technocracy
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Thought For the Day: The Best Index To A Person’s Character Is (A) How He Treats People Who Can’t Do Him Any Good, and (B) How He Treats People Who Can’t Fight Back
“The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.” —Abigail Van Buren
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Tagged Abigail Van Buren, Any Good, Best Index, Can't Fight Back, Character, People, Thought For the Day, Treat
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The Shaman’s Missing Chord
The Shaman’s Missing Chordby Michael DoyleThe struggle for life’s force,The mystery in seeking its source,Blazed as Morrison’s eyes glow.On what side would we learn to know.It’s easier to scare an audience,Portraying the figure of scorn and diffidence.Twirling into a dance … Continue reading
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Tagged Ascent, Audience, Blaze, Boots, Born, Breaking Waves, Celebration, Character, Colonnade, Describe, Diffidence, Distance, Endless Passages, Energy, Eyes, Half-Alert, Hurt, Imagery, Jim Morrison, Know, Life's Force, Lizard King, Miss, Missing Chord, Muddy Canals, Mystery, Pattern, Poet and Madman, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Puzzle, Quest, Scare, Scorn, Secret Graves, Sentiment, Shaman, Sing, Source, Stars, Struggle, Surrealistic Images, Sword, The Doors, Treasures, Twirl, Unresolved, Vision, Writing
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First Principles: We Also Glory In Our Sufferings, Because We Know That Suffering Produces Perseverance; Perseverance, Character; Character, Hope
“(W)e also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” – Romans 5:3-4
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Tagged Character, First Principles, Glory, Hope, Perseverance, Romans 5:3-4, Suffering
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Thought For the Day: Nearly All Men Can Stand Adversity, But If You Want To Test A Man’s Character, Give Him Power
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” -Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President (12 Feb 1809-1865) (In Remembrance of Lincoln’s Birthday!)
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Adversity, Character, Lincoln's Birthday, Mankind, Nearly All, Power, Test, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man
“[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man…It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous. ” – George Washington (1790)
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Tagged Character, First Essential, First Pirnciples, George Washington, Good, Important, Learned, Mankind, Moral, Virtuous
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First Principles: The First Transactions of A Nation, Like Those of an Individual Upon His First Entrance Into Life Make the Deepest Impression, and Are To Form the Leading Traits In Its Character
“The first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and are to form the leading traits in its character.” – George Washington (1788)
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Tagged Character, Deepest Impression, Entrance, First Principles, First Transactions, Form, George Washington, Individual, Leading Traits, Life, Nation
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