Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Life Is Mostly Froth and Bubble, Two Things Stand Like Stone, Kindness In Another’s Trouble, Courage In Your Own

Posted on October 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Life is mostly froth and bubble, / Two things stand like stone, / Kindness in another’s trouble, / Courage in your own.” -Adam Lindsay Gordon, poet (19 Oct 1833-1870)

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Thought For the Day: What I Like In A Good Author Isn’t What He Says, But What He Whispers

Posted on October 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“What I like in a good author isn’t what he says, but what he whispers.” -Logan Pearsall Smith, essayist (18 Oct 1865-1946)

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Thought For the Day: Success Is No Accident. It is Hard Work, Perseverance, Learning, Studying, Sacrifice and Most of All, Love of What You Are Doing Or Learning To Do

Posted on October 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele

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Thought of the Day: The Road Goes Ever On and On

Posted on October 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began,Now far ahead the Road has goneAnd I must follow, if I can. “ – J.R.R. Tolkien

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Thought For the Day: Whoever Exalts Him Or Herself Will Be Humbled and Whoever Humbles Themselves Will Be Exalted

Posted on October 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” – Jesus as quoted in the Book of Matthew 24:12

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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Life Is Not To Be Happy. It Is To Be Useful, To Be Honorable, To Be Compassionate, To Have It Make Some Difference That You Have Lived and Lived Well

Posted on October 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought For the Day: Create Now A Political Court To Echo the Ideas of the Executive and You Have Created A Weapon…That Can Cut Down Those Guarantees of Liberty…and Extinguish Your Right of Liberty, of Speech, of Thought, of Action and of Religion

Posted on October 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Create now a political court to echo the ideas of the executive and you have created a weapon . . . that can cut down those guarantees of liberty written into your great documents by the blood of your forefathers … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day: Let’s Make A Weeping Child Laugh

Posted on October 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The mosque is too far from home, so let’s do this / Let’s make a weeping child laugh.” -Nida Fazli, poet (12 Oct 1938-2016)

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Thought for the Day: Will the People Ever Be Wise Enough To Refuse To Follow Bad Leaders Or To Take Away the Freedom of Other People?

Posted on October 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people? -Eleanor Roosevelt, diplomat, author, and lecturer (11 Oct 1884-1962)

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Thought For the Day: Whenever Government Assumes To Deliver Us From the Trouble of Thinking For Ourselves, the Only Consequence It Produces Are Those of Torpor and Imbecility

Posted on October 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.” -William Godwin (1756-1836)

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