Prophetically Speaking…
Wednesday August 16th, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“I have no reason to suppose, that he, who would take away my liberty, would not, when he had me in his power, take away every thing else.” John Locke, (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. Source: Second Treatise on Civil…
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Tuesday August 15th, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.” John Wesley, (1703-1791) Church…
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Monday August 14th, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.” George Herbert, [1593-1633] Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest. Source: The Temple (1633), The Church Porch, Lines 77-78. Source Reference George Herbert Quote
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Friday August 11th, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.” Frederick Douglass, [Frederick Baily] (1818-1895), escaped slave, Abolitionist, author, editor of the North Star and later the New National Era. Source Reference Frederick Douglass Quote
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Thursday August 10th, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” Andre Gide, (1869-1951) French writer. Source Reference Andre Gide Quote
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Wednesday August 9th, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.” Molière, [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin] (1622-1673) French playwright Source Reference Molière…
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Tuesday August 8th, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” Lao-Tzu, [Li Erh] (570-490 BC) ‘Old Sage’, Father of Taoism. Source Reference Lao-Tzu Quote
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Monday August 7th, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.” John Ruskin, (1819-1900) British author, artist, social critic. Source Reference John Ruskin Quote
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Friday August 4th, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1890-1969), 34th US President, WWII General. Source: Reader’s Digest, December 1963. Source Reference Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote
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Thursday August 3rd, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.” John Cogley, Source: Commonwealth, 24 April 1959. Source Reference John Cogley Quote
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Wednesday August 2nd, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, and poet. Source: Essays, 1841. Source Reference Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
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Tuesday August 1st, 2023 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.” Noel Coward, (1899-1973) British playwright Source Reference Noel Coward Quote
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