Tag Archives: Courage

Thought For the Day: Your Time Is Limited, So Don’t Waste It Living Someone Else’s Life

Posted on August 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner … Continue reading →

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Pass the Torch (This Revolution Is Over)

Posted on July 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Pass the Torch (This Revolution Is Over)by Michael DoyleOver the course of many stolid yearsI have listened to a tsunami of tearsOver how socialism turned chevere to chimboThe Land of Grace defiled blow by blowThe Land of the Orchids and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Courage Is Not Having the Strength To Go On; It’s the Going On When You Don’t Have the Strength

Posted on July 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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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

Posted on July 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“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, author and … Continue reading →

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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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