Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: If We Encounter A Man of Rare Intellect, We Should Ask Him What Books He Reads

Posted on January 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Insist On the Dignity of Their Office Show They Have Not Deserved It

Posted on January 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.” -Baltasar Gracian, philosopher and writer (8 Jan 1601-1658)

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Thought For the Day: The Limits of Tyrants Are Prescribed By the Endurance of Those Whom They Oppress

Posted on January 8, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Find out just what the people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Principles That the End Justifies the Means Is In Individualist Ethics Regarded As the Denial of All Morals. In Collectivist Ethics It Becomes Necessarily the Supreme Rule

Posted on January 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes necessarily the supreme rule.” – Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992)

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Thought For the Day: It Will Be Found An Unjust and Unwise Jealousy To Deprive A Man of His Natural Liberty Upon the Supposition He May Abuse It

Posted on January 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.” – Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

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Thought For Today: I Have Come To the Conclusion That Politics Is Too Serious A Matter To Be Left To the Politicians

Posted on January 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.” – Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970)

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Thought For the Day: Do Not Anticipate Trouble or Worry About Things What May Never Happen. Keep In the Sunlight

Posted on January 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”― Benjamin Franklin

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Thought For the Day: Your Success and Happiness Lies In You. Resolve To Keep Happy, and In Your Joy and You Shall Form An Invincible Host Against Difficulties

Posted on January 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” – Helen Keller

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Thought For the Day: I Hope That In This Year To Come, You Make Mistakes

Posted on January 1, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Tomorrow Is the First Blank Page of A 365-Page Book. Write A Good One.

Posted on December 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley

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