Tag Archives: Courage

Owed To America 2024

Posted on July 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Owed To America 2024by Michael DoyleMy daughters ask me why is it you cryI think back on history and will not lieToo many brave souls have fought and diedFor us not to have mourned and criedThere was a time when … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: America Was Not Built On Fear. America Was Built On Courage, On Imagination and On Unbeatable Determination To Do the Job At Hand

Posted on July 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” – Harry S. Truman

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First Principles: How Few There Are Who Have Courage Enough To Own Their Faults, Or Resolution Enough To Mend Them

Posted on July 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.” – Benjamin Franklin

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Thought For the Day: Mistakes Are Always Forgivable, If One Has the Courage To Admit Them

Posted on June 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” – Bruce Lee

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First Principles: You Will Never Do Anything In This World Without Courage. It Is the Greatest Quality of the Mind Next To Honor

Posted on June 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” – Aristotle

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First Principles: What Makes You A Man Is Not the Ability To Have A Child – It’s the Courage To Raise one

Posted on June 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child – it’s the courage to raise one.” – Barak Obama

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First Principles: It Should Be Your Care, Therefore, And Mine, To Elevate the Minds of Our Children and Exalt Their Courage. If We Suffer Their Minds To Grovel and Creep In Infancy, They Will Grovel All Their Lives

Posted on May 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage… If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives.” – John Adams (1756)

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Even By the Blind

Posted on February 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Even By the Blindby Michael DoyleWe lose ourselves in life’s false accusationsFalling into fear before the wicked prosecutionsThese are the lessons learned in life’s schoolLike pearls before swine in a misapplied golden ruleNo one loses purity at the and hands … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Freedom Is the Sure Possession of Those Alone Who Have the Courage To Defend It

Posted on February 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.” – Pericles

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Uncomfortable Truths Sown

Posted on January 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Uncomfortable Truths Sownby Michael DoyleUncomfortable truths push forward mortal historyAt times, these must be sown despite the miseryand the writers of the day must dare to openly criticizeAnd question the prevailing order that we must analyzeHowever, winding or twisting the … Continue reading →

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