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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Task For Any Person Is To Find Meaning In His Or Her Own Life

“Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own … Continue reading

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First Principles: Gratitude Is Not Only the Greatest of Virtues, But the Parent of All Others

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Thought For the Day: Courage Is the Greatest of All Virtues, Because If You Haven’t Courage, You May Not Have An Opportunity To Use Any of the Others

“Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.” – Samuel Johnson

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Happiness and Contentment In Lunar New Year 2024!

Aloha Promises Forever wishes all its readers the greatest contentment and success in this new year of the wood dragon! May all of your aspirations be met with the fullest success!!

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For Angels Fallen

For Angels Fallenby Michael DoyleWhen I met youI found a new dreamIt’s the only one that will doTo make me a better human beingI kept looking for your wingsCertain that you had fallenFrom heaven from the joys you bringThe gleam … Continue reading

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First Principles: Gratitude Is Not Only the Greatest of Virtues, But the Parent of All Others

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”–- Cicero

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First Principles: Liberty, the Greatest of All Earthly Blessings – Give Us That Precious Jewel, and You May Take Every Things Else!

“Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings — give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else!” – Patrick Henry (1788)

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First Principles: I Place Economy Among the First and Most Important of Republican Virtues, and Public Debt As the Greatest of the Dangers To Be Feared

“I … place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

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Thought For the Day: Whoever Exalts Him Or Herself Will Be Humbled and Whoever Humbles Themselves Will Be Exalted

“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” – Jesus as quoted in the Book of Matthew 24:12

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First Principles: I Place Economy Among the First and Most Important Virtues and Public Debt As the Greatest Dangers To Be Feared

“I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared.” – Thomas Jefferson    

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