Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Nonviolence Is the Most Potent Weapon Available To Oppressed People In Their Struggle For Freedom and Justice

Posted on June 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“(R)iots are socially destructive and self-defeating. I’m still convinced that nonviolence is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and justice. I feel that violence will only create more social problems than they will … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Good Life Is A Process, Not A State of Being. It Is A Direction, Not A Destination

Posted on June 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.” – Carl Rogers

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Thought For the Day: Give Your Best Anyway

Posted on June 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to … Continue reading →

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In Reverence For Pentecost Sunday

Posted on May 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

With all that is going on in the world it’s maybe a bit hard to have the peace of mind and so to recall. Still, in reverence for and in hopefulness and love, I wish toward that we a bit … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Start By Doing What’s Necessary; Then Do What’s Possible; and Suddenly You Are Doing the Impossible

Posted on May 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi

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Thought For the Day: I Have Decided To Stick To Love… Hate Is Too Great A Burden To Bear

Posted on May 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.” – Martin Luther King, Jr., in A Testament of Hope: Essential Writings and Speeches Available as a free .pdf download here: https://all-med.net/pdf/a-testament-of-hope/ … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Justice Consists Not In Being Neutral Between Right and Wrong, But Finding Out the Right and Upholding It, Wherever Found, Against the Wrong

Posted on May 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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Thought For the Day: Farmers Are the Founders of Civilization

Posted on May 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.” – Daniel Webster (1782-1852)

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Thought For the Day: The More the World Shrinks Because of Electronic Communications, the More Limitless Becomes the Province of the Storytelling Entertainer

Posted on May 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It is a curious thing that the more the world shrinks because of electronic communications, the more limitless becomes the province of the storytelling entertainer. – Walt Disney

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Thought For the Day: To Live Content With Small Means; To Let the Spiritual, Unbidden and Unconscious, Grow Up Through the Common — This Is My Symphony

Posted on May 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study … Continue reading →

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