Tag Archives: Person

Thought For the Day: To Understand A Person’s Heart and Mind Look For Their Aspirations and Not What They’ve Done

Posted on August 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.” – Khalil Gibran

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Thought For the Day: A Person Who Never Made A Mistake Never Tried Anything New

Posted on August 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein

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Thought For the Day: The Ultimate Measure of A Person Is Where He or Stands At Times of Challenge and Controversy

Posted on August 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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First Principles: A People Intent To Be Free Must Be Prepared To Fight For It Themselves

Posted on July 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies.” – Edmund Randolph

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Thought For the Day: Have Deep Gratitude For Those Who Light the Flame Within Us

Posted on May 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Stoop Low To Rise High

Posted on April 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.” – Lady Marguerite Blessington, writer (4 Apr 1789-1849)

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A Prairie Sky’s Truth

Posted on April 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes seeing things differently is mental illness; sometimes it’s seeing things differently. A show I was watching at the suggestion of a person who is increasingly important to me portrayed that in an interesting bit that I have attempted to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, No Person Is Safe As To Opinion, Person, Faculties or Possessions

Posted on February 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison (1792)

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Thought For the Day: Self Reliance Is the Only Road To True Freedom

Posted on January 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one’s own person is its ultimate reward.” – Patricia Sampson (1921-1998)

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First Principles: Be Leery of Transferring Political Disagreements Into Personal Hatred

Posted on January 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred … Continue reading →

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