Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Dreams Heed No Borders, the Eyes Need No Visas. With Eyes Shut I Walk Across the Line In Time. All the Time.

Posted on August 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Dreams heed no borders, the eyes need no visas. With eyes shut I walk across the line in time. All the time.” – Gulzar, poet, lyricist, and film director (b. 18 Aug 1934)

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Thought For the Day: The Taliban Is Not the…North Vietnamese Army. They’re Not…Remotely Comparable In Terms of Capability. There’s Going To Be No Circumstance Where You See People Being Lifted Off the Roof of an Embassy

Posted on August 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The Taliban is not the … North Vietnamese army. They’re not … remotely comparable in terms of capability. There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of a[n] embassy.” – President Joe Biden, July 8, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The True Civilization Is Where Every Man Gives To Every Other Every Right That He Claims For Himself

Posted on August 16, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.” -Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (11 Aug 1833-1899)

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Thought For the Day: Solitude, Though It May Be Silent As Light, Is Like Light, the Mightiest of Agencies; For Solitude Is Essential To Man

Posted on August 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone; all leave it alone.” – Thomas De Quincey, writer (15 Aug 1785-1859)

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Thought For the Day: The Fruit Derived From Labor Is the Sweetest of Pleasures

Posted on August 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.” – Luc de Clapiers (1715-1747)

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Thought For the Day: Nothing Is More Desirable Than To Be Released From An Affliction, But Nothing Is More Frightening Than To Be Divested of A Crutch

Posted on August 13, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.” – James Baldwin (1924-1987)

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Thought For the Day: Our Own Heart, and Not Other Men’s Opinions Form Our True Honor

Posted on August 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions form our true honor.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

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Thought For the Day: If the Vaccines Work, Why Insist That Inoculated People Need To Be Masked?

Posted on August 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If the vaccines work, why insist that inoculated people need to be masked?” – Anonymously Just About Every Rational Person Who Follows Real Science….

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Thought For the Day: Older Men Declare War. But It Is Youth That Must Fight and Die

Posted on August 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” -Herbert Hoover, 31st US president (10 Aug 1874-1964)

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Thought For the Day: A Writer Is, After All, Only Half His Book. The Other Half Is the Reader and From the Reader the Writer Learns

Posted on August 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.” -P.L. Travers, author (9 Aug 1899-1996)

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