Tag Archives: Work

Mickey Said To Minnie

Mickey Said To MinnieBy Michael Doyle When the world fades right out of viewIt’s the fate of how it is that I met you.It wasn’t like I was wishing on a starBut there it is, and there you are The … Continue reading

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First Principles: We know That In All Things God Works For the Good of Those Who Love Him, Who Have Been Called According To His Purpose

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8: 28

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First Principles: As We Are Running the Next Generation Into Debt, We Ought To Do the Work of It, Otherwise We Use Them Meanly

“As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Those Calling for the Silencing of People With Whom They Disagree Politically – What the Democrats Are Currently Doing – Will Only Work To Stoke the Fires of Division and Hatred

“Those calling for the silencing of people with whom they disagree politically — what the Democrats are currently doing — will only work to stoke the fires of division and hatred. Genuine unity requires offering genuine respect and acceptance of … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Can Anything Be Sadder Than Work Left Unfinished

“Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.” – Christina Rossetti, poet (5 Dec 1830-1894)

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Thought For the Day: The Only Thing One Can Give An Artist Is Leisure In Which To Work

“The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.” – Ezra Pound, poet (30 Oct 1885-1972)

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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of People: Those Who Work and Those Who Take the Credit…Try To Be In the First Group; There Was Less Competition

“My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.” – Indira Gandhi … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: We May Explain Success Mainly By One Word and that Word Is WORK!

“We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient and fitful effort, but patient, enduring, honest, unremitting, and indefatigable work, into which the whole heart is put.” – Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

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Happy Labor Day to All!

It’s Labor Day, USA! Take some time off and do that work tomorrow. The rest of the world celebrates another day. I, for one, am glad that we distinguish ourselves. Soo.. crank up the barbecues, grill a few, drink a … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Genius Is the Gold In the Mine, Talent Is the Miner Who Works and Brings It Out

“Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.” -Marguerite Gardiner, writer (1 Sep 1789-1849)

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