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Thought For the Day: First Say To Yourself What You Would Be; and Then Do What You Have To Do
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” – Epictetus
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Living Waters Fill My Thirst
Living Waters Fill My Thirstby Michael DoyleLiving waters fill my thirstFreed by the love that I put firstMy King has paid the ransomHe has given me my place in His kingdomHis words are the wind in my sailsHis song is … Continue reading
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Tagged Eternal Love, Every Breath, Fall Down, First, Focus, Freed, Grace, Healing Hand, Heaven Above, His Kingdom, His Song, His Will, His Words, Intention, Learned, Living Waters, Love, My Eyes, My King, My Place, Not Earned, Palm, Poetry and Poems, Prevails, Ransom, Received, Sails, Testify, Thirst, Understand, Understood, Victory, Victory Crown, Wind
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In the Whisper of Time’s Sands
In the Whisper of Time’s Sandsby Michael DoyleWe can’t get a lock on the futureWithout knowing our pastWe can’t know what to nurtureIf we don’t know what was once castThe good hunter seeks to rise to the heightAs he sips … Continue reading
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Tagged Cacophony, Cast, Choices, Darkness, Falsity, First, Fool, Future, Good Hunter, Height, Knows All, Light, Lock, Nurture, Obstacles, One's Own Man, Open Mind, Past, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Right, Sight, Thirst, Time's Sands, Voices, Water of Life, Whisper, World
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First Principles: The First and Governing Maxim In the Interpretation of A Statute Is To Discover the Meaning of Those Who Made It
“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it.” – James Wilson (1790)
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Thought For the Day: When the Eyes Say One Thing, and the Tongue Another, A Practiced Man Relies On the Language of the First
“When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: All Truth Passes Through Three Stages. First, It is Ridiculed. Second, It Is Violently Opposed. Third, It Is Accepted As Being Self-Evident
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
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Thought For the Day: The First Duty of A Man Is To Think For Himself
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself.” – Jose Marti, Hombre del Campo — This is only a partial quote. The full quote is “The first duty of a man is to think for himself. For … Continue reading
First Principles: Honesty Is the First Chapter In the Book of Wisdom
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson
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