Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

World Lion Day 2017

Posted on August 10, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Today is the day to celebrate the king of the jungle. Sadly, due to poachers and encroachment, there are at best approximately 20,000 lions left in this world of ours. The goal of this memorialization is to increase awareness of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Some Notes You Have To Find For Yourself

Posted on August 10, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“We all do ‘do, re, mi’, but you have to find the other notes yourself.” – Louis Armstrong In Western music, it really does come down to the fundamentals of a 12 tone scale. The Sound of Music is not … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Daring to Be A Little Crazy Is A Great Business Plan

Posted on August 9, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The day when people start telling you that you’re crazy, you just might be on to the most important innovation in your life.” – Larry Ellison, Co-Founder and CTO of Oracle

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Thought For the Day: Natural Law Is Source of All Value Judgments

Posted on August 8, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The Tao, which others may call Natural Law or Traditional Morality or the First Principles of Practical Reason or the First Platitudes, is not one among a series of possible systems of value. It is the sole source of all … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Equality Before God Equals Equality Before Law

Posted on August 7, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Of all the ideas associated with the general concept of democratic government, the oldest and perhaps the soundest is that of equality before the law. In relation to the scheme of Christian ethics it is too obvious to need statement. … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Have the Courage To Do Right

Posted on August 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” – Chester W. Nimitz

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Thought For the Day: Painting Is Poetry

Posted on August 2, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” – Leonardo da Vinci There is a lot to be said for the beauty of God’s creation. If anyone were to … Continue reading →

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Thought For The Day: Free Society Resists Interference With Others

Posted on August 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A society is free when its members resist the tendency to interfere by force with the lives of others. In this kind of society, justice is established as each person is given his clue and no man has a politically … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: All Life Is Sacred and Inalienable

Posted on July 31, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“We hold these truths to be self-evident . . . that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, and among these life . . .” ~ Declaration of Independence After struggling with what to say exactly about … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Free Thought Protects Against the Rise of Dictatorship

Posted on July 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of people by mass myths, which, in the hands of treacherous hypocrites and demagogues, can be transformed into bloody dictatorships.” —Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) Andrei D. Sakharov was the Russian designer … Continue reading →

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