We cannot ensure success, but we can deserve it. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Or Thought I’d Thought |
2018 | Go And Dare |
2017 | And Wealth A Poor Substitute For Ability |
2016 | Neither Darkness Nor Shadows |
2015 | It Took Roots |
2014 | Hard Evidence |
2013 | Full Participation |
2012 | Roving (Again) |
Ooops, Again | |
2011 | Why Not? |
Posts Tagged ‘Joseph Addison’
Testing To Open The Economy Safely
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged COVID-19, Economy, Joseph Addison, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Success, Testing on May 20, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Measured Faith
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Quotes, tagged Joseph Addison, On Atheism, On Faith, Quotes on April 1, 2014| 3 Comments »
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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2013 | April Fool, n. |
2012 | Faith, Ego And Patriotism |
As It Happens | |
2011 | What Counts |
Inside The Soul
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Education, Joseph Addison, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Sculpting, Sculpture, The Soul on January 15, 2014| 2 Comments »
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
[I’m just trying to chip away at the extra bits to reveal what’s inside. — KMAB] | |
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2013 | A Toe In The River |
2012 | Believe It Or Not |
2011 | The Road To Recovery (And More Myths) |
Happy New Year – 2014!
Posted in Quotes, Reading, tagged Happy New Year - 2014, Joseph Addison, On Exercise, On Reading, Quotes, Reading on January 1, 2014| 2 Comments »
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
[How’s that for an addition to your New Year’s resolutions? Happy New Year’s everyone! — KMAB] | |
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2013 | Another New Year’s Thought (In Case It Rains) |
Happy New Year – 2013! | |
2012 | Best Wishes For 2012! |
Where Did You Spend New Year’s Eve? | |
2011 | Happy New Year (2011)!! |
Both
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Joseph Addison, On Politics, Philosophy, Quotes, Rush Limbaugh on December 27, 2013| 4 Comments »
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
[Musta been talkin’ ’bout Rush Limbaugh… — KMAB] | |
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2012 | That’s Success! |
2011 | Losing At Dominos |
2010 | 1,001 |
Trifles
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Flowers, Joseph Addison, Philosophy, Quotes, Smiles, Sunshine on December 20, 2013| 3 Comments »
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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2012 | Simple, Ordinary And Wonderous |
2011 | Humane Writers |
Seeking Success?
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Joseph Addison, On Life, On Success, Philosophy, Quotes on December 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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2012 | All Aboard |
2011 | Sail On, Sailor |
Three Essentials
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Hope, Joseph Addison, Love, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, Work on December 1, 2013| 2 Comments »
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | Just Looking |
2011 | Religious Lessons |
2010 | View From Under The Bus… (A mid-term report card on the Obama Administration. Long, but still worth reading for historical perspective.) |