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Thought For the Day: Anger, Resentment and Jealousy Do Not Change the Hearts of Others – It Only Changes Yours

Posted on July 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others– it only changes yours.” ― Shannon Alder, 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It’s Too Late

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First Principles: Seek Knowledge For the Benefit of Your Soul, Not For the Sake of Applause Or To Dispute

Posted on July 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.” – Jonathan Edwards

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Thought For the Day: Out of Love and the Quarrel With Ourselves, We Make Poetry

Posted on June 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.” – William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate (13 Jun 1865-1939)

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First Principles: No Government Has The Power to Contend With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion

Posted on May 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion… Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Let Others Light Their Candles By Your Knowledge

Posted on May 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”– Margaret Fuller, author (23 May 1810-1850)

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First Principles: Leadership Is Inspiring Others To Dream, Learn and Become More

Posted on March 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

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First Principles: It Is the Duty of All To Worship God In the Manner Most Agreeable To That Person’s Conscience

Posted on March 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Is Good To Polish Your Mind Against the Minds of Others

Posted on March 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It is good to rub and polish your mind against that of others.” – Michel de Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592)

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First Principles: It Is Unlawful To Take Away the Liberty of Others Simply Through Superior Power

Posted on February 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“[I]t is certainly unlawful to make inroads upon others . . . and take away their liberty by no better means than superior power.“ – John Witherspoon, Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Thought For the Day: Do Things For Others Not For Benefit But Because of Who You Are

Posted on January 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.” — H. Kushner

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