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Minding the Gap
Minding the Gapby Michael DoyleAn angel looked at our pretense at good.Or the lack thereof, as it’s understood.Finding God where I call my earthly home,In His presence, I find I’m never alone.Blessings of good news are heard,No matter what’s happened … Continue reading
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First Principles: Permanence, Perseverance and Persistence In Spite of All Obstacles, Discouragements, and Impossibilities.
“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle
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Tagged Discouragement, Distinguish, First Principles, Impossibility, Obstacle, Permanence, Perseverance, Persistence, Soul, Strong, Thomas Carlyle, Weak
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In the Hope of Perseverance
In the Hope of Perseveranceby Michael DoyleTo live and love as if ChristI’ll live in His promiseGod’s sacrifice is the gain of ChristThere is no compromiseThe little that I give, does not compareTo the gain in escaping the snareI know … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor, Bible, Christ, Consequence, Error, Eternity, Following, Forget, Foundation, Gain, Gift, His Grace, Hope, Live and Love, Momentum, No Compromise, Our Works, Perseverance, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Recompense, Sacrifice, Salvation, Snare, Witness
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Thought For the Day: Great Difficulties May Be Surmounted By Patience and Perseverance
“Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.” – Abigail Adams
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Difficulty, Patience, Perseverance, Susmount, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: We Also Glory In Our Sufferings, Because We Know That Suffering Produces Perseverance; Perseverance, Character; Character, Hope
“(W)e also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” – Romans 5:3-4
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Tagged Character, First Principles, Glory, Hope, Perseverance, Romans 5:3-4, Suffering
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First Principles: Falling Down Is Not A Failure. Failure Comes When You Stay Where You Have Fallen
“Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.” – Socrates I cannot help but like Socrates, who is quoted as saying that poets are the interpreters of the gods. We are not, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspiration, Challenge, Come, Dust Ourselves Off, Encounters, Failure, Fallen, Falling Down, First Principles, Giving up, Gods, Grow, Growth Mindset, Humor, Interpreters, Lamp Filament, Learn, Life, Life's Journey, Mistakes, Motivation, Obstacles, Opportunity, Overcome, Perseverance, Personal Growth, Poets, React and Respond, Resilience, Rethinking, Setbacks, Significant Error, Socrates, Stay, Stepping Stones, Success, Suitable Approaches, Surrender, Think, Thomas Edison, Time To Time, Vain, Wise
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First Principles: Perseverance and Spirit Have Done Wonders In All Ages
“Perseverance and Spirit have done Wonders in all ages.” – George Washington to Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler (August 20, 1775)
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Tagged All Ages, First Principles, George Washington, Perseverance, Philip Schuyler, Spirit, Wonders
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First Principles: If Your Determination Is Fixed, I Do Not Counsel You To Despair. Few Things Are Impossible To Diligence and Skill
“If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
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Tagged Counsel, Deetermination, Despair, Diligence, Few Things, First Principles, Fixed, Great Works, Impossible, Performed, Perseverance, Samuel Johnson, Skill, Strength
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First Principles: War, Like Most Other Things, Is A Science To Be Acquired and Perfected By Diligence, By Perseverance, By Time, and By Practice
“War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perseverance, by time, and by practice.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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Tagged Acquire, Alexander Hamilton, Diligence, First Principles, Other Things, Perfect, Perseverance, Practice, Science, Time, War
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First Principles: Perseverance In Almost Any Plan Is Better Than Fickleness and Fluctuation
“Perseverance in almost any plan is better than fickleness and fluctuation.” – Alexander Hamilton, July 1792
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Almost, Any Plan, Better, Fickleness, First Principles, Fluctuation, Perseverance
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