Tag Archives: Greatness

First Principles: We Must Dare To Be Great, and We Must Realize That Greatness Is the Fruit of Toil and Sacrifice and High Courage

Posted on August 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.” – William Howard Taft

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First Principles: The Test of Leadership Is Not To Put Greatness Into Humanity, But To Elicit It, For the Greatness Is Already There

Posted on August 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” – James Buchanan

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Life’s Race Is Won

Posted on June 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Life’s Race Is Wonby Michael DoyleIn our Father’s nameWe proclaim our freedomFrom our sins and shame.We become part of His kingdom.As Heaven reignsWe cast aside our chains.With the holiness spokenThe power of Hell is broken.In all the mercy knownGod’s greatness … Continue reading →

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First Principles: An Honest Public Servant Can’t Become Rich In Politics. He Can Only Attain Greatness and Satisfaction By Service

Posted on May 31, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“An honest public servant can’t become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.” – Harry S. Truman (Compare the losses taken by Donald Trump vs. the gains by Pelosi, Feinstein, Schumer, the Bidens, etc.)

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Seasons Lived

Posted on November 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Seasons Livedby Michael DoyleLife comes and goesDefined in seasonsIt has its reasonsAs our life sowsThat which we reapComes with joy that we’ll keepKeeping goodness as our laneHoping all the others try to do the sameStepping forward into the greatnessWe know … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversity, All Due Appreciation, Belong, Biblical Stewardship, Blind, Blind Spots, Broken Feels, Cause and Effect, Certainty, Comes and Goes, Conversation, Correction, Correctly, Days, Destination, Direct, Discipline, Divinity, Every Sesnse, Eyes, Familiarity, Family, Filters of Pain, Forward, Genuine Community, God, Goodness, Greatness, Heal, Heresy, History, Intentional Prayer, Joy, Keep, Last Days, Lies, Life, Limit, Live Right, Logical Song, Long Road, Looking Ahead, Love, Manage, Mankind, Measure, Open Eyes, Open Minds, Optimism, Poetry and Poems, Polarity, Pressure, Question, Reap, Reasons, Rebuke, Recognize, Relationally, Schism, Seasons, See, Serve, Sexuality, Sin, Social Institutions, Sow, Stand Firm, Strong, Study God, Theology, Truth, Unblemished, Victory, Ways, Worldly Ways | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: There Is No Greatness Where There Is Not Simplicity, Goodness, and Truth

Posted on September 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth”. – Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (9 Sep 1828-1910)

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Witches Brew

Posted on October 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Witches Brewby Michael DoyleIn the shroud of fog, we find the doorAnd knock on it, hoping yet to exploreHidden secrets are lost behind smoky eyesBut it’s the kind of secret that is hard to disguiseWhat sort of secrets would it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advice, Advocation, Best, Better Good, Bright, Chase, Command, Courage, Darkness, Debate, Demands, Different Eyes, Discern, Disguise, Door, Eager, Elude, Encourage, Essence, Evidence, Experience, Experts, Explore, Fell, Fog, Follow, Forge Ahead, Forgive, Friend to Man, Good, Greatness, Hard Times, Heart, Heartbreaks, Hesitate, Hidden Secrets, Horrid Outcomes, Hostility, Humble, Ignorance, Inquiring Minds, Know, Lean, Lesser Minds, Light, Lived, Loving One Another, Mind, Minds, Misunderstood, Mystery, New Day, Open, Orthodoxy, Past Mistakes, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Price, Providence, Recluse, Refuse, Search, Secret, Share, Sharpen, Shine, Should, Shroud, Smoky Eyes, Sought, True Humanity, True Leaders, Unafraid, Understand, Vanity, Witches Brew, Would | Leave a comment

First Principles: Let Everything That Has Breath Praise the Lord!

Posted on July 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him for His excellent greatness. Praise Him with the sound of the horn; Praise Him with the harp and lyre. Praise … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If Any Man Seeks For Greatness, Let Him Forget Greatness and Ask For Truth, and He Will Find Both

Posted on May 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.” – Horace Mann, educational reformer (4 May 1796-1859)

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A Gentle Surrender To Greatness

Posted on February 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Gentle Surrender To Greatnessby Michael DoyleWhile it’s known that greed killsIt is also generosity that healsThere is no out giving God for givingStarting with salvation and our forgivingTrusting God with what’s in our handsIs the traced path that God … Continue reading →

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