Tag Archives: Do

Thought For the Day: Maybe All One Can Do Is Hope To End Up With the Right Regrets

Posted on October 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.” – Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist (17 Oct 1915-2005)

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Thought For the Day: It’s Not Enough To Do Your Best; You Must Know What To Do, and Then Do Your Best

Posted on March 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and THEN do your best.” – W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993)

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Our Everything

Posted on March 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Our Everythingby Michael DoyleNot just important, but our everythingOur reason for all and the joy of our beingNo compartmentalizing, but our purposeOur every reason with nothing to presupposeAll things through and of God to loveThis truth we must keep aboveAll … Continue reading →

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First Principles: There Is Not A Man Living Who Wishes More Sincerely Than I DO, To See A Plan Adopted For the Abolition of Slavery

Posted on March 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of [slavery].” – George Washington (1786) When you hear the nonsense spouted by the 1619 Project or any of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence Then, Is Not An Act, But A Habit

Posted on February 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

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Thought For the Day: If I Cannot Do Great Things, I Can Do Small Things In A Great Way

Posted on February 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Posted on November 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

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

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Resolution Brings Harmony

Posted on October 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Resolution Brings Harmonyby Michael DoyleTaking a look at the beatitudesTaking each moment given in gratitudeGod blesses the peacemakers as God’s familyNot avoiding or appearing overly sweetlyPeace at any given price is not peaceNor is it conflict’s sweet releaseIt is isn’t … Continue reading →

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Sharing God’s Love

Posted on October 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Sharing God’s Loveby Michael DoyleStrange…at this time in historyThat two thirds of children live in povertyThis is something we can changeIf only our priorities, we would rearrangeEach step that we might takeCan be the difference that we makeThis is the … Continue reading →

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Through the Eyes of Love

Posted on July 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Through the Eyes of Loveby Michael DoyleThrough the eyes of love I see youDreaming of things we’ve grownTo become and what it is we doWhat the future holds is shownIn the way that you touch my handAnd how you kiss … Continue reading →

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