Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: If Honor Be Your Clothing, The Suit Will Last A Lifetime; But If Clothing Be Your Honor, It Will Soon Be Worn Threadbare

Posted on January 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.” – William D. Arnot (1808–1875)

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Thought For the Day: Act As If What You Do Makes A Difference It Does

Posted on January 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” -William James, psychologist (11 Jan 1842-1910)

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Thought For the Day: The Best Thing We Can Do With the Failures of the Past Is To Let Them Be History

Posted on January 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The best thing we can do with the failures of the past is to let them be history.”– Gary Chapman, quote from The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

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Thought For the Day: I Pray That I Keep My Tongue From Evil and My Lips From Deceitful Speech

Posted on January 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Beautiful One, I am grateful for my life and I want to see good days, so I pray that I keep my tongue from evil and my lips from deceitful speech. Let the words that I use be transparent and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Fear To See the Consequences of the Court’s Practice of Substituting Its Own Concepts of Decency and Fundamental Justice For the Language of the Bill of Rights

Posted on January 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives and its basic purposes are conscientiously interpreted, enforced and respected so as to afford continuous protection against old, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: You Cannot Begin To Preserve Any Species of Animal Unless You Preserve the Habitat In Which It Dwells

Posted on January 7, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that habitat and you will exterminate the species as surely as if you had shot it. So conservation means … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Lust For Comfort Murders the Passions of the Soul

Posted on January 6, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The lust for comfort murders the passions of the soul.” – Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (6 Jan 1883-1931)

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Thought For the Day: Human Need Is Really A Great Spiritual Vacuum Which God Seeks To Fill

Posted on January 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Human need is really a great spiritual vacuum which God seeks to fill…With one hand in the hand of a fellow man in need and the other in the hand of Christ, He could get across the vacuum…Then the passage, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Courage Is the Greatest Of All the Virtues… If You Haven’t Courage, You May Not Have An Opportunity To Use Any of the Others

Posted on January 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.” – English author Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

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Thought For the Day: It Does Not Do To Leave A Live Dragon Out of Your Calculations, If You Live Near Him

Posted on January 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” -J.R.R. Tolkien, novelist and philologist (3 Jan 1892-1973)

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