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Thought For the Day: I Believe A Leaf of Grass Is No Less Than the Journey-Work of the Stars

“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” – Walt Whitman

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Thought For the Day: I Will Permit No Man To Narrow and Degrade My Soul By Making Me Hate Him

“I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” – Booker T. Washington

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Thought For the Day: Balancing the Budget Is Like Going To Heaven. Everybody Wants To Do It, But Nobody Wants To Do What You Have To Do To Get There

“Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.” – Phil Gramm

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Thought For the Day: In Order To Live A Life of Holiness, We Must First Receive New Life From God- We Must Be Born From Above

” In order to live a life of holiness, we must first receive new life from God – we must be born from above.” – J. Vernon McGee

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Thought For the Day: Some People Want It To Happen, Some Wish It Would Happen, Others Make It Happen

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”  – Michael Jordan, from “A Humbled Jordan Learns New Truths (1994), The New York Times

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Thought For the Day: The Best People Possess A Feeling For Beauty, the Courage To Take Risks, the Discipline To Tell the Truth, the Capacity for Sacrifice. Ironically, Their Virtues Make Them Vulnerable

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.” – Ernest Hemingway

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Thought For the Day: Whatever We Plant In Our Subconscious Mind and Nourish With Repetition and Emotion Will One Day Become A Reality

“Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.” – Earl Nightingale

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Thought For the Day: Extremism In the Defense of Liberty Is No Vice. And Moderation In the Pursuit of Justice Is No Virtue

“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” – Karl Hess, as speechwriter for Barry Goldwater’s acceptance speech This was later restated by Malcom X, in December, 1964, as: … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Laws of Nature Are Written By the Hand of God In the Language of Mathematics

“The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.” – Galileo Galilei

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Thought For the Day: Life Does Not Consist Mainly, Or Even Largely, of Facts Or Happenings. It Consists Mainly of the Storm of Thoughts That Is Forever Flowing Through One’s Head

“Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one’s head.” – Mark Twain

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