Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Don’t Invest All of Your Satisfaction Into One Aspiration

Posted on May 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Just as a cautious businessman avoids tying up all his capital in one concern, so, perhaps, worldly wisdom will advise us not to look for the whole of our satisfaction from a single aspiration.” – Sigmund Freud, neurologist, founder of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Is Perfectly Appropriate To Copy The Nuances, Mannerisms, Styles and Cultural Idioms of Other Cultures

Posted on May 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“By now you’ve probably heard that an American teenager wore a traditional Chinese dress to her prom. The young lady, Keziah Daum, is not ethnically Chinese or Asian. And this infuriated a lot of people on Twitter. … Cultural appropriation … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Teacher Influences Eternity

Posted on May 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Adams, historian and teacher (1838-1918)        

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Thought For the Day: The Wise Leader Follows Sound Advice

Posted on May 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice.” – Niccolo Machiavelli, political philosopher and author (3 May 1469-1527)          

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Thought For the Day: Where Possible Give Credit For Virtue To All Sides of An Issue

Posted on May 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes there is no virtue but on his own side.” – Joseph Addison, essayist and poet (1 May 1672-1719)    

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Thought For the Day: Humor Is Emotional Chaos Remembered In Tranquility

Posted on April 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.” – James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961)      

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Thought For the Day: Our Word Choices Show Our State of Mind, Disposition and Character

Posted on April 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.” – Plutarch, biographer and philosopher (circa 46-120)    

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Thought For the Day: Work Is the Greatest Pancea

Posted on April 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic — in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea — known to medical science is work.” – Thomas Szasz, author, professor of psychiatry (15 Apr 1920-2012) … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Truest Beauty of A Woman Shines From the Inside Out

Posted on April 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Taught from infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.” – Mary Wollstonecraft, reformer and writer (27 Apr 1759-1797)    

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Thought For the Day: Words Are Skins of Living Thoughts Subject To Change

Posted on April 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.”  – Oliver Wendell … Continue reading →

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