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Thought For the Day: I Learned That Courage Was Not the Absence of Fear, But the Triumph Over it. The Brave Man Is Not He Who Does Feel Afraid, But He Who Conquers That Fear
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – former South African President Nelson Mandela
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Tagged Absence of Fear, Afraid, Brave Man, Conquers, Courage, Feel, Learn, Nelson Mandela, Thought For the Day, Triumph
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Thought For the Day: It Is Curious That Physical Courage Should Be So Common In the World and Moral Courage So Rare
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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Tagged Common, Courage, Currious, Mark Twain, Moral Courage, Physical, Rare, Thought For the Day, World
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We Are Who We Are
We Are Who We Areby Michael DoyleWe are who we areNot from our ancestorsBut because of who we cultivateAs our souls travel among the starsScratched and scrapped in our courageSearching for hope we might encourageTo remove the malignant tumorThat spreads … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestors, Company of Elves, Control, Courage, Cultivate, Darkness, Days of Battle, Encourage, Evil, Glory, Hope, Known, Met, Misfortunes, Poetry and Poems, Pursuit, Rumor, Sail, Shown, Skies, Souls, Stars, Sweet Secrets, Tales, Tumor, We, Weight, Who
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Thought For the Day: The Rightness Of A Thing Isn’t Determined By the Amount of Courage It Takes
“The rightness of a thing isn’t determined by the amount of courage it takes.” -Mary Renault, novelist (4 Sep 1905-1983)
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Tagged A Thing, Amount, Courage, Determined, Mary Renault, Rightness, Takes, Thought For the Day
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Overcoming the Flesh
Overcoming the Fleshby Michael DoyleHow then do we find our wayThroughout our present and everydayWhat then will bring us to joyThan in a buoyancy we can employIt is to live as if fully persuadedTo live the Christian life not evadedBut … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Buoyancy, Christian Life, Contentment, Control, Courage, Dedication, Devotion, Feel, Flesh, God's Love, Holy Spirit, Human Condition, Inspiration, Joy, Noble, Overcome, Path, Persuaded, Poetry and Poems, Receive, Resentment, Reveal, Soul, Still, Strength, Temptation, Trust, Waking Prayer
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On Behalf of the Uyghurs
On Behalf of the Uyghursby Michael DoyleGive me the whole of your sentence And I will still my will and serveGive me the entirety of your pretenseTell me what it is that I deserveAnd I will still write my poetryNever … Continue reading
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Tagged Banner, Behalf, Blossom, Bosom, Committing Verses, Conscience, Courage, Cried, Culture, Defend, Deserve, Encoourage, Endless Grief, Everything, Fade Away, Familiar Voice, Family, Fire n Throat, Flowers, Freedoms, Genocide, Gulnisa Imin, Hope, Human Contact, Integrity, Joined In Voice, Language, Live Dead, Live Freely, Living Legacy, Make Us Friends, Manner, Memory, Moonless Nights, Patriotism, People's Rights, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Reeducation, Regret, Said, Sentence, Separatism, Serve, Shared Thoughts, Sharing Freedom's Plea, Sing Freely, Stars, Strength, Strokes of Penmanship, Stubborn Pride, Supress, Tenderness, Thoughts, Thousand Nights, Tribe of Poets, Truth of Peace, Uyghurs, Vital, WeChat Snippets, Wilderness, Yearn
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Thought For the Day: Success Is Not Final, Failure Is Not Fatal: It Is the Courage To Continue That Counts
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
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Tagged Continue, Count, Courage, Failure, Fatal, Final, Success, Thought For the Day, Winston Churchill
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Finding A Seat At the Table
Finding A Seat At the Tableby Michael DoyleFinding a seat at the tableSuch as it is and the best we’re ableBegins with a story of circumstanceIn which every effort acts to enhanceThe dreams that come in planting treesThe roots of … Continue reading
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Tagged Able, Achieve, Better Life, Butterfly Wings, Circumstance, Coin, Courage, Dreams, Enhance, Entire World, Every Woman, Find, Forget, Fully Satisfied, Inspire, Jouney, Joy, Lessons, Life, Man, Nature, Never Let It Be Said, Never Sit, Overcome, Passing On, Path, Plant, Please, Poetry and Poems, Power of Change, Rearange, Roots, Seat, Set the World On Fire, Shaken, Step, Stop, Table, Taken, Talk, Two Sides, Walk, Water Drop, We Never Tried, Words
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First Principles: Courage and Perseverance Have A Magical Talisman, Before Which Difficulties Disappear and Obstacles Vanish Into Air
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” – John Quincy Adams
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Tagged Air, Courage, Difficulties, Disappear, First Principles, John Quincy Adams, Magical Talisman, Obstacles, Perseverance
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