Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: When It Rains On Your Parade, Look Up Rather Than Down. Without the Rain, There Would Be No Rainbow

Posted on June 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“(W)hen it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Thought For the Day: A House Is Made With Walls and Beams; A Home Is Built With Love and Dreams

Posted on June 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Having just spent the day in the company of my two princesses grown into big girls, I can attest to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: All Change Is Not Growth, As All Movement Is Not Forward

Posted on June 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.” – Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945)

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Thought For the Day: By Academic Freedom I Understand the Right To Search For Truth and To Publish and Teach What One Holds To Be True

Posted on June 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: When Even One American – Who Has Done Nothing Wrong – Is Forced By Fear To Shut His Mind and Close His Mouth, Then All Americans Are In Peril

Posted on June 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“When even one American — who has done nothing wrong — is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all Americans are in peril.” – Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)

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Thought For the Day: Homo Sapiens Is the Species That Invents Symbols In Which To Invest Passion and Authority, Then Forgets That Symbols Are Inventions

Posted on June 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.” – Joyce Carol Oates, writer (b. 16 Jun 1938)

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Thought For the Day: To A Father Growing Old, Nothing Is Dearer Than A Daughter

Posted on June 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” – Euripides, playwright (c. 480-406 BCE)

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Thought of the Day: This Grand Show Is Eternal. It Is Always Sunrise Somewhere.

Posted on June 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Open Discussion of Many Major Public Questions Has For Some Time Now Been Taboo

Posted on June 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Open discussion of many major public questions has for some time now been taboo. We can’t open our mouths without being denounced as racists, misogynists, supremacists, imperialists or fascists. As for the media, they stand ready to trash anyone so … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Stab the Body and It Heals, But Injure the Heart and the Wound Lasts A Lifetime

Posted on June 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.” – Mineko Iwasaki

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