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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Life Is Not To Be Happy. It Is To Be Useful, To Be Honorable, To Be Compassionate, To Have It Make Some Difference That You Have Lived and Lived Well

Posted on May 25, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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First Principles: I Am Not Influenced By The Expectation of Promotion or Pecuniary Reward. I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary

Posted on May 21, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Absorb What Is Useful, Discard What Is Not, Add What Is Uniquely Your Own

Posted on May 21, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.“ – Bruce Lee

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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Life Is Not To Be Happy. It Is To Be Useful, To Be Honorable, To Be Compassionate, To Have Make Some Difference

Posted on August 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.: – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought For the Day: Education Without Values, As Useful As It Is, Seems Rather To Make Man A More Clever Devil

Posted on December 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” – C.S. Lewis

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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Life Is Not To Be Happy. It is To Be Useful, To Be Honorable, To Be Compassionate, To Have It Make Some Difference That You Have Lived and Lived Well

Posted on September 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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First Principles: Every Child In America Should Be Acquainted With His Own Country. He Should Read Books That Furnish Him With Ideas That Will Be Useful To Him In Life and Practice

Posted on August 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse … Continue reading →

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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

Posted on March 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“[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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First Principles: May the Father of All Mercies Scatter Light, and Not Darkness, Upon Our Paths

Posted on December 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” – George Washington (1790)

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First Principles: I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary

Posted on December 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

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