Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: The Most Intense Conflicts…Are Needed To Produce Valuable and Lasting Results

Posted on October 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts, and their conflagration, which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.” – C. G. … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Nothing Is So Difficult As Not Deceiving Oneself

Posted on October 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)

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Thought For the Day: Socialism of Any Type Leads To A Destruction of the Human Spirit

Posted on October 28, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Socialism of any type leads to a total destruction of the human spirit.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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Thought For the Day: If You Talk To A Man In A Language He Understands, That Goes To His Head. If You Talk To Him In His Language, That Goes To His Heart

Posted on October 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)

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Thought For the Day: Take Away the Heritage of A People and They Are Easily Destroyed

Posted on October 26, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Take away the heritage of a people and they are easily destroyed.” – Karl Marx Large protest at Jefferson High School; another group topples Washington statue on Sandy Blvd. | kgw.com

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Thought For the Day: There Can Be No Compromise On Basic Principles

Posted on October 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

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Thought For the Day: You Have To Hold Your Audience In Writing To the Very End – Much More Than In Talking, When People Have to Be Polite and Listen To You

Posted on October 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“You have to hold your audience in writing to the very end — much more than in talking, when people have to be polite and listen to you.” – Brenda Ueland, writer (24 Oct 1891-1985)

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Thought For the Day: Your Eyes Saw My Substance, Being Yet Unformed. And In Your Book They All Are Written, the Days Fashioned For Me

Posted on October 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.” – Psalm 139:16

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Thought For the Day: Never Give In, Except To Convictions of Honor and Good Sense

Posted on October 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Colin’s Legacy…Is the People Who He Helped…Devote Their Lives To Forming A More Perfect Union

Posted on October 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“[Colin] Colin was a man of integrity. He was deeply principled, shaped by bedrock beliefs that guided him throughout his life. … Colin loved soldiers and always held them to the highest standards. Yet he also took time to understand … Continue reading →

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