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Thought For the Day: I Have Not Failed. I’ve Just Found 10,000 Ways That Won’t Work.
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison As the new year approaches, and we still find so much yet to be done and/or improved on, it is wise to keep this … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: God Is Not Dead, Nor Doth He Sleep! The Wrong Shall Fail, the Right Prevail, With Peace On Earth, Good-Will To Men
“And in despair I bowed my head; “There is no peace on earth,” I said; “For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!” Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: “God is … Continue reading
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I Am More Than
I Am More Thanby Michael DoyleSomewhere beneath the scratches and dust Is the man who has survived life’s bust.Though sometimes coiled up and hissing,I am well aware of the things I’m missing.I am more than this collection of bones.I know … Continue reading
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Faithful In Time and Grace
Faithful In Time and Graceby Michael DoyleI’d be the one mistakenIf I didn’t notice when I was shaken,And that God provides my foundationWhen I build my life in my station. As a believer in my confession,There is no struggle without … Continue reading
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Tagged Believver, Blessed, Blessed Redemption, Blessings, Build, Call, Condition, Confession, Contemplation, Daily, Fail, Faithful, Fall, Forgiven, Foundation, Given, God, God Always Prevails, God's Love, Grace, Holy Name, Mistaken, Notice, Place, Poetry and Poems, Rain, Shaken, Shame, Station, Struggle, Through, Time, Torrential, World
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Thought For the Day: If You’re Rooting Against the President, You Are Rooting Against the Nation. And I’m Not Going To Be Where I Want A President To Fail. So, Country First
“If you’re rooting against the president, you are rooting against the nation. And I’m not ever going to be where I want a president to fail. So, country first. I know that’s become maybe like a cliche, but it happens … Continue reading
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Tagged Against, Cliche, Country First, Fail, Nation, President, Root, Senator John Fetterman, This Week, Thought For the Day, True
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Thought For the Day: Self-Education Is, I Firmly Believe, the Only Kind of Education There Is. The Only Function of A School Is To Make Self-Education Easier; Failing That It Does Nothing
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.” – Isaac Asimov
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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens. They Fail, When the Wise Are Banished From the Public Councils
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading
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Tagged Banished, Citizens, Fail, First Principles, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Public Councils, Public Spirit, Republics, Virtue, Wise
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Lost Plot
Lost Plotby Michael DoyleEverywhere I look, it seems forgotIs it just me, or have we lost the plotI feel it in the murderous laughterThe distant thunder is lost but chases afterSociety’s fracturing psyche is in traumaAs wordlessly we watch all … Continue reading
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First Principles: We Must Take Human Nature As We Find It, Perfection Fails Not To the Share of Mortals
“We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.” – George Washington (1786)
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Thought For the Day: Where Words Fail, Music Speaks
“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen
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