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Thought For the Day: The Number of College Degrees Is Not Nearly As Important As How Well Students Develop Cognitive Skills, Such As Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Ability

Posted on March 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.” … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: More Important Than Your Obligation To Follow Your Conscience, Or At Least Prior To It, Is Your Obligation To Form Your Conscience Correctly

Posted on March 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“More important than your obligation to follow your conscience, or at least prior to it, is your obligation to form your conscience correctly.” – Antonin Scalia

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Thought For the Day: Where We Stand Is Not As Important As the Direction In Which We Are Moving

Posted on March 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Where we stand is not as important as the direction in which we are moving.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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First Principles: The Only Sure and Permanent Foundation of Virtue Is Religion. Let This Important Truth Be Engraved Upon Your Heart

Posted on February 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The only sure and permanent foundation of virtue is religion. Let this important truth be engraved upon your heart.” – Abigail Adams

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First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man

Posted on December 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A good moral character is the first essential in a man…” – George Washington

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Poinsettia Day 2023

Posted on December 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Poinsettia Day 2023by Michael DoyleUsually quiet and sometimes reservedSometimes death seems so undeservedIt’s hard to find the words to sayLike on this present Poinsettia DayLife is sad, yet interesting, in processionMoments like these reveal this is not a possessionBut a … Continue reading →

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These Are the Days of Us

Posted on November 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated to my youngest daughter who I very dearly love and very nearly lost two years ago today… These Are the Days of Usby Michael DoyleThese are the days of usI learned this from a childWho gave this wisdom becauseThis … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of Truth: the Truth That Lights the Way and the Truth That Warms The Heart. The First of These Is Science, and the Second is Art

Posted on July 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man…The Habits Contracted At Your Age Are Generally Indelible

Posted on June 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is Highly Important That You Should Endeavor Not Only To Be Learned But Virtuous

Posted on June 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is … highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous.” – George Washington (1790)

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