Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Words Are Action

Posted on January 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.” – Ingrid Bengis, writer and teacher (b. 1944)        

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Thought For the Day: In Strange Times, Lies Are Believed Over Truth

Posted on January 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood’s school. And the one man who dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.” – Plato      

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Vote Control The Destiny of The Nation

Posted on January 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It’s not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It’s the hand that casts the ballot.” – Harry S. Truman      

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Thought For the Day: Children Should Be Raised Strong Enough To Withstand Tryanny

Posted on January 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.” – Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)      

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Thought For the Day: Indifference Allows Rule By Evil Men

Posted on January 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs, is to be ruled by evil men.”  – Plato (429-347 BC)        

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Thought For the Day: Illegal Aliens Should Not Be Treated As Legal

Posted on January 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“When we use phrases like ‘undocumented workers,’ we convey a message to the American people that their government is not serious about combating illegal immigration, which the American people overwhelmingly oppose… …People who enter the United States without our permission … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Weakness Is Provocative

Posted on January 24, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Mr. Obama … came to office saying, and apparently believing, that a more deferential America would be better respected around the world. He will finish his term having disproved his own argument. The real lesson of the last four years … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Fiction Can Be Useful

Posted on January 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.” – Paul Theroux, novelist (b. 1941)        

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Thought For the Day: Liberty Is the Hardest Test

Posted on January 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people. To know how to be free is not given equally to all men and all nations.”  – Paul Valéry (1871-1945) A nice poem of his: http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/valery.html     … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Human Doings Are Messy

Posted on January 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.” – John Galsworthy, author, Nobel Laureate (1867-1933)          

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