Mind
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may be prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” ~Romans 12:2. Our mind can often limit our spirit and body. So a man thinks, so a man is.
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Quote To Ponder ~Epictetus
“If you see anybody wail and complain, call him a slave, though he be clad in purple.” ~Epictetus Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Louis Kossuth
“Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.” ~Louis Kossuth Continue reading
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Self-Made Men
From the speech, “Self-Made Men,” 1859 ~Frederick Douglass | Reposted from Art of Manliness That there is, in more respects than one, something like a stoicism in this title, I freely admit. Properly speaking, there are in the world no such men as self-made men. That term implies an individual independence of the past and Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Orison Swett Marden
“This is the test your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?” ~Orison Swett Marden Continue reading
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Better sense of history: Billy Zoom’s list of required listening
Editor’s Note: Though Christmas is over and Santa is, no doubt, resting and preparing for next year, this list might make for a good goal for the coming year…to listen to history or build up your personal collection. Thunderstruck | Repost | – Billy Zoom, guitarist from X (According to Billy, this is only a partial Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~James “Gentleman Jim” Corbett
“Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you Continue reading
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Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?
During the making of the animated Christmas classic A Charlie Brown Christmas, Peanuts creator Charles Schulz had a meeting with Lee Mendelson, the show’s producer, and Bill Melendez, its lead animator. The discussion concerned Schulz’s insistence about including a New Testament scripture reading of the Christmas story from the Bible. The scripture reading was to Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Saint Ignatius
“Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.” ~Saint Ignatius Continue reading
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