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Thought For the Day: The Wise Leader Follows Sound Advice
“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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Tagged Counselors, Good Advice, Intelligence, Leader, Leadership, Niccolo Machiavelli, Politics, Prince, Thought For the Day, Wise
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Thought For the Day: Humor Is Emotional Chaos Remembered In Tranquility
“Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.” – James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961)
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Tagged Chaos, Emotional, Glare, Glow, Humor, Illuminate, James Thurber, Light, Obscures, Remember, Thought For the Day, Tranquility
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Thought For the Day: Our Word Choices Show Our State of Mind, Disposition and Character
“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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Tagged Character, Choices, Disposition, Mental State, Plutarch, Revelation, Thought For the Day, Words
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Thought For the Day: Work Is the Greatest Pancea
“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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Tagged Greatest, Medical Science, Panacea, Stimulant, Thomas Szasz, Thought For the Day, Tranquilzer, Work
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Thought For the Day: The Truest Beauty of A Woman Shines From the Inside Out
“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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Tagged Adornment, Beauty, Body, Freedom, Gilt Cage, Infancy, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mind, Prison, Soul, Taught, Teach, Thought For the Day, Women
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Thought For the Day: Words Are Skins of Living Thoughts Subject To Change
“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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Tagged Circumstances, Living Thought, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, Skin, Thought For the Day, Time, Transparent, Unchanged, Usage, Vary, Word
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Thought For The Day: To Be A Writer, You Must Read and Write A Lot
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut.” – Stephen King Personally, if … Continue reading
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Tagged Desire, No Shortcut, Read, Stephen King, Thought For the Day, Write, Writer
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Thought For the Day: It Takes Courage To Grow Into Who You Really Are
“It takes courage to grow up and be who you really are. “ — e.e. cummings
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Tagged Children, Courage, e.e. cummings, Grow Up, Identity, Individuals, Self, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Strive To Do The Things You Think You Cannot Do
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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Tagged Acheive, Eleanor Roosevelt, Goals, Strive, Thought For the Day, You
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