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Happy 246th Birthday United States Marine Corps
However you look at it, this nation of ours owes a huge debt of gratitude to all who serve or have served. This is especially true when it comes to that special sort of person who dares to take the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dare, Debt, God Bless You, Gratitude, Happy 246th Birthday, Honor, Semper Fi, Serve, Served, Thought For the Day, United States Marine Corps
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Thought For the Day: Never Give In, Except To Convictions of Honor and Good Sense
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently … Continue reading
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Tagged Convictions, Enemy, Force, Good Sense, Great, Honor, Large, Never, Never Give In, Nothing, Overwhelming Might, Petty, Small, Thought For the Day, Winston Churchill, Yield
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Thought For the Day: A Man Has Honor If He Holds Himself To An Ideal of Conduct Though It Is Inconvenient, Unprofitable, or Dangerous To Do So
“A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.” – Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
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Tagged Conduct, Dangerous, Hold, Honor, Ideal, Inconvenient, Man, Thought For the Day, Unprofitable, Walter Lippmann
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Thought For the Day: We Must Learn To Honor Excellence In Every Socially Accepted Human Activity, However Humble the Activity, and to Scorn Shoddiness, However Exalted the Activity
“We must learn to honor excellence in every socially accepted human activity, however humble the activity, and to scorn shoddiness, however exalted the activity. An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society that scorns excellence … Continue reading
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Tagged Exalt, Excellence, Honor, Human Activity, Humble, John W. Gardner, Learn, Shoddiness, Socially Accepted, Thought For the Day
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On the Futility of Revenge
On the Futility of Revengeby Michael DoyleLife it seemsBeyond its dreamsIs a transitory questionBest approached with hesitationCareful of curtains hungEqually as so with songs unsungAbout the wrongs we wish to avengeFor such things bring their own revengeOften these cut both … Continue reading
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Tagged Avenge, Backs, Curtains, Danger, Darkness, Days, Dreams, Duel, Friends, Futility, Gone, Good Intent, Hesitation, Honor, Life, Light, Lost, Move On, Petty Acts, Poetry and Poems, Points Scored, Poison, Restore, Revenge, Songs, Stranger, Transitory Question, Wall, Wrong, Wrongs
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A Dragon Born
A Dragon Bornby Michael DoyleIn the province of Henan, gungfu was bornTo rise to defeat China’s enemies as swornShaolin’s grace side by side with Tai Chi’s schoolBrought honor to their disciples’ ruleA battle head was one of strictly set contestFighting … Continue reading
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Tagged All That Is Left, Alley Ways, Anger and Pride, Avoid, Battle, Born, Brick, Building Up, China, Contest, Deciding Factor, Defeat, Disciple, Discipline, Dragon, Ebb and Flow, Enemy, Equilibrium, Every Moment, Extra Weight, Fall, Fate, Fights, Forget, Game, Glass, Glory, Grace, Gracious, Grow, Gungfu, Hard Learned, Henan, Hollywood, Honor, Humility, Importance, Increase, Increasing Strife, Inside, Keep Control, Lessons, Life Comes, Live, Live Strong, Live Yet Another Day, Lost In Life, Need, Other Person's Head, Pain, Path, Penance, Poetry and Poems, Power, Province, Restoration, Rule, Seal, Seifoo, Shaolin, Share, Side By Side, Skill, Spirit Unbroken, Spoken, Step By Step, Street, Strict, Tai Chi, Tea, Torn Down, Trick, True, Unspoken, Victory's Crown, Ways, When, Whisper, Will, Win, Won, Words
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First Principles: Honor, Justice, and Humanity, Forbid Us Tamely To Surrender That Freedom Which We Received From Our Gallant Ancestors
“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestors, First Principles, Fobid, Freedom, Gallant, Honor, Humanity, Justice, Receive, Surrender, Tame, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: We Have Therefore To Resolve To Conquer Or Die
“We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our own Country’s Honor, all call upon us for vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world.” – George Washington
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Tagged Become, Conquer, Country, Die, Exertion, First Principles, George Washington, Honor, Infamous, Resolve, Shamefully Fail, To the World, Vigor, We
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Thought For the Day: Our Own Heart, and Not Other Men’s Opinions Form Our True Honor
“Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions form our true honor.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
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Tagged Form, Heart, Honor, Not, Other Men's Opinions, Our, Samuel Taylor Colerdige, Thought For the Day, True
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Thought For the Day: A Truly American Sentiment Recognizes the Dignity of Labor and the Fact That Honor Lies In Honest Toil
“A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.” – Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)
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Tagged American, Dignity, Fact, Grover Cleveland, Honest Toil, Honor, Labor, Sentiment, Thought For the Day, Truly
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