Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Reflect Upon Your Present Blessings – Which Every Man Has Many – Not On Your Past Misfortunes of Which All Men Have Some

Posted on December 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens

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Thought For the Day: The Most Potent Weapon In the Hands of the Oppressor Is the Mind of the Oppressed

Posted on December 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” – Steve Biko, anti-apartheid activist (18 Dec 1946-1977)

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Thought For the Day: Humility Will Open More Doors Than Arrogance Ever Will

Posted on December 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Humility will open more doors than arrogance ever will.” – Zig Ziglar

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Thought For the Day: Great Countries Need To Secure Their Border For National Security Purposes, For Economic Purposes and For Rule of Law Purposes

Posted on December 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.” – Jeb Bush

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Thought For the Day: Writers, However Mature and Wise, Are Children At Heart

Posted on December 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are children at heart.” – Edna O’Brien

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Thought For the Day: A Mind Is Like A Parachute. It Doesn’t Work If It Isn’t Open

Posted on December 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open.” – Frank Zappa

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Thought For the Day: Perfumes Are the Feelings of Flowers

Posted on December 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.”– Christian Johann Heinrich Heine

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Thought For the Day: When You’ve Robbed A Man of Everything, He’s No Longer In Your Power – He’s Free Again

Posted on December 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“You only have power over people as long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power — he’s free again.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If I Read A Book and It Makes My Whole Body So Cold No Fire Can Ever Warm Me,/I Know That Is Poetry

Posted on December 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, / I know that is poetry.” -Emily Dickinson, poet (10 Dec 1830-1886)

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