It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. | |
— Confucius | |
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. | |
— Abraham Lincoln | |
Excerpt from: “The Gettysburg Address“ | |
[The italics in the text / quote were added by me. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Happy 4th of July 2020!! |
2019 | Happy 4th of July 2019!! |
2018 | Happy 4th of July 2018!! |
People Got to Be Free | |
2017 | Happy 4th of July 2017!! |
2016 | Red, White And Blue BBQ |
Happy 4th of July 2016 | |
IMF’d (Marathon / Binge) | |
2015 | Happy 4th of July 2015!! |
2014 | Happy 4th of July 2014!! |
2013 | Patriot Act, Anyone? |
2012 | Five Lost Wars |
2011 | Worth Fighting For |
2010 | Still Learnin’ Hard… |
4th of July 2010 | |
Posts Tagged ‘Confucius’
Happy 4th of July 2021!!
Posted in History, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Confucius, History, Philosophy, Politics, President Abraham Lincoln, Quotes, The Gettysburg Address on July 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Still A Work In Progress
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Confucius, Philosophy, Quotes, Work on May 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Work to become, not to acquire. | |
— Confucius | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Three Stooges |
2019 | #Impeach45: Halt The Slide Into Tryanny |
2018 | Expecting Profit |
2017 | In Spite Of The President |
2016 | And Sets |
And My God For His Graces | |
2015 | About Character |
2014 | Your Gain |
2013 | Look Up |
2012 | Count Me In |
2011 | Pirates Four, Three Songs |
Sir Charles | |
Look First, Not Last | |
2010 | Par-a-diddle |
Looking For A Republican With A Profile In Courage
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Black Cats, Confucius, Dark Rooms, Philosophy, Politics, Profiles In Courage, Quotes, Republicans on November 24, 2019| 3 Comments »
The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat. | |
― Confucius | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Hammers, Bells And Songs |
2017 | My Friends |
2016 | In Need Of Some Work |
2015 | Elections Have Consequences |
2014 | An Ear Of Happy Accidents |
2013 | Powerful Substitute |
2012 | Heroes Restored |
2011 | As You Should |
I Struggle With One At A Time
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Confucius, Earnestness, Generosity, Gravity, Kindness, Perfect Virtue, Philosophy, Quotes, Sincerity on May 24, 2019| 1 Comment »
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue. These five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness. | |
— Confucius | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | An Infectious Political Cancer |
Site Update / Poems Page Evolution | |
2017 | Our Thirst |
2016 | History Favors The Victor |
2015 | This We’ll Leave Them |
2014 | Sounds Like Faux News To Me |
2013 | Reasons |
2012 | American Libertarianism |
2011 | The Goal |
Can You Repeat The Question Please?
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Confucius, On Knowledge, On Questions, Philosophy, Quotes on February 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions. | |
― Confucius | |
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On This Day In: | |
2014 | On Faith |
2013 | My Name Is Charles Stein |
2012 | Faiths And Sorcery |
Made And Kept Free | |
2011 | Multi-Source Learning |
Sincerity
Posted in Leadership, Quotes, tagged Confucius, Leadership, On Change, On Sincerity, On Transforming Others, Quotes on February 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform. | |
― Confucius | |
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On This Day In: | |
2014 | Prayers For Junior |
Senseless | |
2013 | Interesting Drink |
Super Bowl XLVII Declared A No Bird Zone | |
2012 | Smile |
2011 | Come Forward |
Visiting Joy
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Confucius, Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, The Analects on March 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Is it not a joy to have friends visit from distant lands? | |
— Confucius | |
From: “The Analects“ | |
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Holding Allowance
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Analects, Confucius, My Journal, On Knowledge, Philosophy, Quotes on June 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it: this is knowledge. | |
– Confucius | |
From: “Analects“ | |
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What Knowledge Is
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Confucius, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Philosophy, Quotes, The Bed Of Procrustes on May 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know. | |
— Confucius | |
Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee. | |
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb | |
From his book: “The Bed Of Procrustes“ | |
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Good Hearts
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Analects, Confucius, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes on March 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
True goodness springs from a man’s own heart. All men are born good. | |
— Confucius | |
From: “Analects“ | |
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Three Wisdoms
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Confucius, Education, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes on December 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and Third by experience, which is the bitterest. | |
— Confucius | |
[Which explains why the bitterest lessons are learned the best… — KMAB] | |
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