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First Principles: Effort and Courage Are Not Enough Without Purpose and Direction
“But effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. For, as Socrates told us, “If a man does not know to what port he is sailing, no wind is favorable.’” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Courage, Direction, Effort, Enough, Favor, First Principles, John F. Kennedy, Port, Purpose, Sail, Socrates, Wind
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To Feel Good, Do Good
To Feel Good, Do Goodby Michael DoyleUnhappiness Is an affliction on bliss.By Cicero’s severed neck,Duty can make us into wrecksThose who live in their mindAre too often left behind.Such is the way of those in powerWho care only for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Advance, Advice, Affliction, Bliss, Cardinal Virtues, Cicero, Correct, Courage, Direct, Do Good, Duty, Everything, Faithful, Family, Feel Good, Glory, Honorable, Hour, Justice, Least Resistance, Life, Memory, Mind, Neck, Nothing, Path, Persistance, Poetry and Poems, Power, Price, Success, Temperance, Test, Unhappiness, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: The Secret of Happiness Is Freedom, and the Secret of Freedom Is Courage
“The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.” – Thucydides It has ever been the same and it always will be. Bless those who have laid down their lives for our freedoms and liberties.
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Tagged Courage, Freedom, Happiness, Secret, Thought For the Day, Thucydides
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Revisiting Paul Revere’s Ride
Revisiting Paul Revere’s Rideby Michael DoyleWhen Longfellow wrote of Revere’s rideHe didn’t mean to capture it stride for stride,But to create something of a heroic memoryPut on paper for the sake of American history.It was a clarion call for courage … Continue reading
Redemption In the Law
Redemption In the Lawby Michael DoyleIn God’s love, like a symphonyThe Book of Romans feeds the communityComplete in its fullness and integrityIt teaches history and theologyProdigals are welcomed to this storyAs we reveal the depth of God’s gloryKnees are bowed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad, Bible, Broken Patterns, Challenges, Christianity, Community, Complete, Confession, Consciousness, Corrrect, Courage, Define, Depth, Encourage, Faith, Foundation, Friend, God, God's Glory, God's Love, Good, Grace, Grow, History, Holy Relationship, Integrity, Jesus, Love, Missed Mark, Moral Law, No Quarter, Poetry and Poems, Prodgials, Redemption, Revelation, Sin, Soul, Symphony, The Law, Theology, Truth, Understood, Unvarnishedd
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Thought For the Day: The Best People Possess A Feeling For Beauty, the Courage To Take Risks, the Discipline To Tell the Truth, the Capacity for Sacrifice. Ironically, Their Virtues Make Them Vulnerable
“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.” – Ernest Hemingway
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Tagged Best People, Capacity, Courage, Destroy, Discimpline, Ernest Hemingway, Felling, Ironic, Possess, Risk, Sacrifice, Thought For the Day, Truth, Virtue, Vulneraable, Wound
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Thought For the Day: Courage Is the Most Important of All the Virtues Because Without Courage, You Can’t Practice Any Other Virtue Consistently
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” – Maya Angelou
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Tagged Consistent, Courage, Important, Maya Angelou, Practice, Thought For the Day, Virtues
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Thought For the Day: The Kind of Beauty I Want Most Is the Hard-To-Get Kind That Comes From Within – Strength, Courage, Dignity
“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.” – Ruby Dee
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Tagged Beauty, Courage, Dignity, Hard-To-Get, Kind, Ruby Dee, Strength, Thought For the Day, Within
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