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Thought For the Day: Conserve Truth As the Most Valuable Thing We Have
“Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.” – Mark Twain
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Thought For the Day: We Are the Masters of Our Fate and Captains of Our Souls
“It matters not how strait the gate, / How charged with punishments the scroll, / I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley, poet, critic, and editor (23 Aug … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Shadow of A Man Is Determined By Character
“Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (25 May 1803-1882)
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Thought For the Day: Live Your Sermon
“I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.” – Edgar Guest, poet (20 Aug 1881-1959)
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Thought For the Day: Like Every Good Teacher, God Is Quiet During Our Tests
“When you are going through something hard and wonder where God is, remember the teacher is always quiet during a test.” – Anonymous
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Tagged Bible, God, Hard Times, Individual, Open Book, Silent, Teacher, Test, Thought For the Day, Wonder, You
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Thought For the Day: Success Is the Sum of Repeated Small Efforts
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
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Thought For the Day: Shouting At Children To Obey Is Like Trying To Steer Your Car Using Your Horn
“Shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car, and you get about the same results.” – Rusty Russell
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Tagged Car, Children, Horn, Obedience, Results, Rusty Russell, Shouting, Steering, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Better To Be Politically Dead Than Hypocritically Immortalized
“I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than to be hypocritically immortalized.” – Davy Crockett, frontiersman, soldier, and … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Yours Is the Light By Which My Spirit’s Born
“Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born. You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” – e.e. cummings https://flic.kr/p/29VbZLC
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