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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
“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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Tagged Elicit, First Principles, Greatness, Humanity, James Buchanan, Leadership, Test
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An Appreciation Recognized
An Appreciation Recognizedby Michael DoyleSpoken with some adherenceIs the preacher’s insistenceOnly the Holy Spirit needs to appearFor the ears willing to hearOther churches are our familyWith eyes joined on the holyWe live this walk in celebrationAs we spread our faith … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adherence, Appear, Appreciation, Belong, Calling, Celebration, Church, Ears, Eyes, Faith, Falling, Family, Growing Faith, Growing Together, Hear, Holy, Insistance, Joined Hands, Joy, Leadership, Love of God, Mission, Nation, New Song, Pastored, Persisstence, Poetry and Poems, Position, Preacher, Recognize, Spirit, Spoken, Spread, The Holy Spirit, the Word, Witness, Word, Worship
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How, Then, Should I Live?
How Then Should I Live?by Michael DoyleI look around this world with troubles to seeAnd I wonder to myself how then should I be?There are troubles all around – enough to seeThe need is here everywhere for another way to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Absolution, Adere, Answers, Beatitudes, Believing, Better Citizens, Bible, Blind, Christian Theology, Christianity, Clear View, Comfortable, Confusion, Correct, Direction, Disbelieving, Everywhere, Forgive, God, God's Worship, Guidance, Head, Heart, Heartache, Hesitation, Hid, Home, Human Beings, Humility, Illusion, Jesus, Kingdom, Leaders, Leadership, Lean-In, Lessons, Live, Meaning, Meekness, Mercy, Miracles of Life, Misdeeds, Mistakes, Mourn, Obedience, Others First, Ourselves Less, Path, Patience, Philosophy, Place, Poetry and Poems, Poor In Spirit, Pride, Profusion, Quench, Questions, Recognition, Relationship, Religions, Repentance, Righteousness, Satisfied, See, Seek, Sermon on the Mount, Sight, Sin, Sinful Nature, Steps, Strength, Submit, Thrist, Troubles, Unjust World, Ways of Man, Weakness, Wonder, World
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The World Is Full of Dreamers
The World Is Full of Dreamersby Michael DoyleThe world’s history is played out on stagesSome of which have filled a thousand pagesBut these pages are the stuff of unequal dreamsThose who dream by daylight do so as it seemsNot with … Continue reading
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Tagged Capable, Clarity, Daylight, Dreamers, History, Lawrence of Arabia, Leadership, Pages, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Stage, T.E. Lawrence, Unequal Dreams, Vanity, Vision, World
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Strength and Prosperity For Freedom
Strength and Prosperity For Freedomby Michael DoyleThere is a foundation that truly servesTo give the America this nation deservesThough it doesn’t have much complexityDoing this will bring strength and prosperityThe road to freedom begins with cultured opportunityIt takes leadership to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ability, Acrimony, Afghanistan, America, American Dream, American Readiness, American Troops, Ash Heap, Biden, Border-Changing Agression, Budgetary Flat Line, Capability, Champions of Freedom, Choices, Complexity, Cornerstones, Crime On the Border, Culture, Decline, Dedication, Deserve, Dignity, Dishonor, Downstream, Dreams and Hopes, Economy, Education, Evil, Fall, Flourish, Foundation, Freedom, Gas Prices, God's Gift, Happiness, Healthy Economy, History, Illuminate, Impression, Inflation, Innovation, ISIS, Law, Leadership, Legacy, Liberty, Life, Middle East, Military Readiness, Misery, Nourish, Opportunity, Parents, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Points, Politics, Poor, Possible, Principle, Prosperity, Protection, Proven, Putin, Questions, Restore, Road To Freedom, Roe v. Wade, Rule of Law, Sanctity of Life, Security, Specter, State Level, Strength, Strenth, Strong National Defense, The Left, Toxicity, Unalienable Rights, Understood, Waste, Weakness, Withdrawal, Wokeness
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Galatian Credibility
Galatian Credibilityby Michael DoyleIn our leadership and our abilityTo lead is limited to our credibilityThis is something important to knowIf we are are to keep our ability to growCalled to lead in our capacityCalled to display this sensibilityIntegrity is the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ability, Capacity, Competent, Credibility, Galatians, Grow, Integrity, Know, Leadership, Poetry and Poems, Sensibility
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Cicero Speaks On Becoming Older
Cicero Speaks On Becoming Olderby Michael DoyleLife passes through many a stageUntil calumniating in old ageIt’s a folly to hold this in despiseWe’d be better off to open our eyesCicero offers us his philosopher’s lookIn his writing of many a … Continue reading
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Tagged Assassination, Assert, Assumption, Body, Cherished, Cicero, Clarity, Collective Wisdom, Constitutional Hall, Counsel, Despise, Die, Different, Education, Effective, Elder, Elocution, Ends of History, Essay, Estate, Eternity, Experience, Eyes, Fail, Fair Prize, Farm, Folly, Franklin, Freedom, Good Book, Grandparent, Guide, Hands, Heed, History, Ides of March, Immortality, Indignation, Infirmity, Inner Beauty, Integrity, Justice, Kingdom, Law, Leadership, Life, Life's Lessons, Loss, Meditate, Mental Abilities, Mental Faculty, Moments, Moral Duty, Observation, Offer, Old Age, Older, Open, Opportunity, Oratory, Phaedo, Philosopher, Plato, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Profound, Quality of Life, Reason, Sacred Ground, Sage, Sensual Pleasures, Sharp, Stage, Sweet Surprise, Teach, Throat, Tides, Time and Again, Triumph, Truth, Tyranny, Use, Useless, Valuable, Versed, Why, Wiser, Wonder, Write, Young
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