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Thought For the Day: With Man This Is Impossible, But With God All Things Are Possible

“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” – Matthew 19:26 (New International Version)

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First Principles: Blessed Is the Man Who Perseveres Under Trial, Because When He Has Stood the Test, He Will Receive the Crown of Life That God Has Promised To Those Who Love Him

“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.” – James 1:12 (New International Version)

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Thought For the Day: The True Measure of A Man Is How He Treats Someone Who Can Do Him Absolutely No Good

“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” – Samuel Johnson

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Thought For the Day: It Is Difficult To Get A Man To Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” -Upton Sinclair, novelist and reformer (20 Sep 1878-1968)

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Thought For the Day: Solitude Is Essential To Man. All Men Came Into This World Alone; All Leave It Alone

“Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone; all leave it alone.” – Thomas De Quincey, writer (15 Aug 1785-1859)

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First Principles: Labor Disgraces No Man, But Occasionally Men Disgrace Labor

“Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.” – Ulysses S. Grant

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Thought For the Day: A Word Has Its Use, Or Like A Man, It Will Soon Have A Grave

“A word has its use, / Or, like a man, it will soon have a grave.” – Edwin Arlington Robinson, poet (1869-1935)

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Dwelling Richly

Dwelling Richlyby Michael DoyleStanding there caught amidst my sighI raise my hands up to the skyGiving myself in prayerful conversationIn the truth of my greatest relationIn an echo of God’s word, lived in my lifeI turn further toward peace, away … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Man Who Has Begun To Live More Seriously Within Begins To Live More Simply Without

“The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.” – Ernest Hemingway, author, journalist, Nobel laureate (21 Jul 1899-1961)

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Thought For the Day: The Man Dies In All Who Keep Silent In the Face of Tyranny

“The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.” -Wole Soyinka, playwright, poet, Nobel laureate (b. 13 Jul 1934)

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