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Thought For the Day: Everything Considered, Work Is Less Boring Than Amusing Oneself
“Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. “– Charles Baudelaire, poet, critic, and translator (9 Apr 1821-1867)
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Thought For the Day: O Dark, Dark, Dark, Amid the Blaze of Moon, Irrecoverably Dark, Total Eclipse Without All Hope of Day!
“O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!” – John Milton
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Thought For the Day: Every Man Is A Volume If You Know How To Read Him
“Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.” -William Ellery Channing, clergyman and writer (7 Apr 1780-1842)
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Thought For the Day: Still Round the Corner There May Wait, A New Road Or A Secret Gate
“Still round the corner there may wait, / a new road or a secret gate.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, novelist and philologist (3 Jan 1892-1973)
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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Ways of Exerting One’s Strength: One Is Pushing Down, the Other Is Pulling up
“There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.” – Booker T. Washington, reformer, educator, and author (5 Apr 1856-1915)
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Thought For the Day: I’ve Learned That You Shouldn’t Go Through Life With A Catcher’s Mitt On Both Hands. You Need To Be Able To Throw Something Back
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.” – Maya Angelou, poet (4 Apr 1928-2014)
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Thought For the Day: I Will Not Refuse To Do the Something That I Can Do
“I am only one, / But still I am one. / I cannot do everything, / But still I can do something; / And because I cannot do everything, / I will not refuse to do the something that I … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Then You Will Know the Truth, and the Truth Will Set You Free
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – John 8:32 (NIV)
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Thought For the Day: Make No Judgments Where You Have No Compassion
“Make no judgments where you have no compassion.” – Anne McCaffrey, writer (1 Apr 1926-2011)
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Thought For the Day: The Only Foundation For A Useful Education In A Republic Is To Be Laid In Religion. Without This There Can Be No Virtue
“[T]he only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all … Continue reading
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