Tag Archives: Virtue

Thought For the Day: Without Courage, We Cannot Practice Any Other Virtue With Consistency. We Can’t Be Kind, True, Merciful, Generous, Or Honest.

Posted on March 25, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou

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Thought For the Day: The Fact That Millions of People Share the Same Vices Does Not Make These Vices Virtues

Posted on March 23, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Virtues of Men Are of More Consequence To Society Than Their Abilities; and For This Reason, The Hearts Should Be Cultivated With More Assiduity Than the Head

Posted on February 23, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities; and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.” —Noah Webster (1788)

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First Principles: “The Only Foundation For…A Republic Is To Laid in Religion. Without This There Can Be No Virtue, and Without Virtue There Can Be No Liberty

Posted on December 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The only foundation for… 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 republican governments.” – Benjamin … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Tolerance is the Last Virtue of A Depraved Society. When You Have an Immoral Society…There Is One Last Virtue They Insist Upon: Tolerance For Their Immorality

Posted on November 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Tolerance is the last virtue of a depraved society. When you have an immoral society that has blatantly, proudly, violated all of the commandments of God, there is one last virtue they insist upon: tolerance for their immorality.” – D. … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is In the Interest of Tyrants To Reduce the People To Ignorance and Vice. For They Cannot Live In Any Country Where Virtue and Knowledge Prevail.

Posted on October 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.” – Samuel Adams

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First Principles: The Evils We Experience Flow From the Excess of Democracy. The People Do Not Want Virtue, But Are the Dupes of Pretended Patriots

Posted on August 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.” – Elbridge Gerry, Constitutional Convention (May 31, 1787)

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First Principles: For the Love of Country They Accepted Death, and Thus Resolved All Doubts, and Made Immortal Their Patriotism and Their Virtue

Posted on May 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.” – James A. Garfield In memoriam for this Memorial Day: Please take a moment to say a prayer for the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: One’s Virtue Is All That One Truly Has, Because It Is Not Imperiled By the Vicissitudes of Fortune

Posted on May 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“One’s virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.” – Boethius

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Thought For the Day: Consider Your Origins: You Were Not Made To Live As Brutes, But To Follow Virtue and Knowledge

Posted on May 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.” – Dante Alighieri

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