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Perseverance through adversity

Have a look at this post, entitled “Amazing talent, amazing Grace“, at Dignoscentia. Ligia and I attended a concert at our church today, given by a young lady called Mary Grace, and left truly inspired. Born with a stump instead of her right arm, Mary Grace plays the piano better than people with two hands. [...]

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Follow your passion

I find sunrises to be very encouraging. When that sun starts peeking over the horizon and lights everything up in those glorious, golden hues, hope springs anew.

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Kiwi!

An animation student’s master thesis film. The message is not only sweet, but the animation’s great as well, considering a single person did it all. Highly recommended!

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Skidboot, the dog

If you haven’t heard about Skidboot, the amazing dog from Texas, you’ll definitely know him now, and love him, too:

[Thanks, Samy!]

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Two wonderful short movies

I recently found out about two videos, both found on YouTube. The first, called I Can Only Imagine - Mercy Me, is a wonderfully inspirational video showing the amazing willpower of two people, a father-son team, who compete in triathlons. The catch is that the son is completely disabled, and the father carries him all [...]

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Great quotes from Albert Einstein

Stumbled onto this wonderful collection of Quotes from Albert Einstein. Not sure if they’re all from him, but they’re great! Enjoy!

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Quote for today

Josh Billings - “Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.”

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Quote for today

H. Mumford Jones - “Ours is the age that is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.”

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Quote for today

Francis Bacon - “Knowledge is power.”
This quote reminds me of why I started writing for the web in the first place. I did it for the same reason I founded my site. I wanted to share useful information (knowledge) with people interested in finding it. That, in turn, empowers them to do what they need [...]

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Quote for today

Mark Twain - “Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

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Quote for today

Aristotle - “What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”
I think he had his finger on the problem, didn’t he? Just because we can do something doesn’t mean we ought to do it. We’ve got the power of judgment, we can think for ourselves, let’s use our [...]

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Quote for today

Walt Disney - “Laughter is America’s most important export.”
We’d do well to remember this nowadays. I wonder what our most important export is today. Can we put our finger on it, and if we can, is it something we’d be proud of?

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