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Tag Archives: Integrity
Pressure Put On Coal
Pressure Put On Coalby Michael DoyleLike a herd of deer comes crashing inFalling like a gift from the skyFalling like snowflakes as it’s Christmas againAnd the angels sing their hallelujah replySnow clouds form again and yet there is no snowStill, … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Air, Angels, Authenticity, Christmas, Coal, Crash, Diamonds, Drift, Fall, Fit the Part, Form, Gift, Given, Glow, Good For the Soul, Hallelujah, Happiness, Hard Pressure, Heart, Herd, Innermost, Integrity, Jolliness, Living, Love, Mirth, Nine Reindeer, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pressure, Said, Sing, Sky, Sleep, Snow, Snow Clouds, Snowflakes, Songs, Truth, Warmth, Within
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In the Truth of Poetry
In the Truth of Poetryby Michael DoyleLife, it seems in as far as it is reachableIs filled with those moments that are teachableOne of the most powerful of lessons to learnIs the ability to quick study, determine and discernA poem … Continue reading
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Tagged Being, Certainty of Knowing, Choose Between, Cryptically Fractured, Dark Tango, Deeply, Determine, Disappear, Discern, Evoke, Fear, Fills, Final Cost, Firm, Goodness, Home, Honest Handshake, Images, Incite, Increase, Integrity, Journey, Lessons To Learn, Life, Light, Lost, Love and Fear, Means, Moments, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Calls, Powerful, Quick Study, Reachable, Reality, Resistance, Return, Seen, Seen Before, Shake, Teachable, Tortured Souls, Truth, Tyranny, Virtual, Words Form, Writing, Wrong From Right, You and Me
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Thought For the Day: Integrity Is Doing the Right Thing Even When No One Is Watching
“Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” – C.S. Lewis
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Do, Even, Integrity, No One, Right Thing, Thought For the Day, Watching
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Thought For the Day: One of the Truest Tests of Integrity Is Its Blunt Refusal To Be Compromised
“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.” – Chinua Achebe, writer and professor (16 Nov 1930-2013)
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Tagged Blunt Refusal, Chinua Achebe, Compromised, Integrity, One, Thought For the Day, Truest Test
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First Principles: No Man Is Allowed To Be A Judge In His Own Cause, Because His Interest Would Certainly Bias His Judgment, and, Not Improbably, Corrupt His Integrity
“No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity.” – James Madison (1787)
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Tagged Allow, Bias, Cause, Corrupt, First Principles, Improbable, Integrity, Interest, James Madison, Judge, Judgment, No Man
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First Principles: Personal Security and Private Property Rest Entirely Upon the Wisdom, the stability and the Integrity of the Courts of Justice
“Personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.” – Joseph Story (1833)
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Tagged Courts, First Principles, Integrity, Joseph Story, Justice, Personal Security, Private Property, Rest, Stability, Wisdom
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On Finding You Finding You
On Finding You Finding Youby Michael DoyleWithout a snort and very little poutYou said it all when you walked outI’ll say that I admire your integrityAs you work your own path and identityWho is to say what forges a personalityOnly … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Admire, Authentic, Breeze, Bridge, Carry, Conversation, Deceptions, Dreams, Drive, Eventually, Everywhere, Fantasy, Fears, Feeling, Finding You, Fixed Destination, Forge, Gone, Identity, In the End, Integrity, Intimacy, Knee Deep, Lakeside, Little Girls, Make-Up, Mystic, Outright, Perceptions, Personality, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pout, Reveal, Run, Said It All, Snort, Society, Star Gaze, Sunday, Time and God, Today, Tom Boy, Tomorrow, Trust, Walked Out, Weeds, Whisper, Wind, Work Your Own, You
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Logical Pursuit
Though it ultimately comes down to faith, belief is also about evidence and applying logic to this evidence. Logical Pursuit by Michael Doyle Saying no over and over and then again Is the path of righteousness that we walk The … Continue reading
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