Quote of the Day: 31 August 2025 #QotD

“I invite you to receive, either for the first time or to a greater extent than ever before, the magnificent realisation that you truly are God’s beloved child. You must undo the bow, tear off the wrapping paper, open the box, and actively receive with grateful humility a true, pure understanding of this foundational truth. The Holy Spirit can bear witness to your heart that you are indeed a child of the Most High.” -Patrick Kearon

Quote of the Day: 30 August 2025 #QotD

“Think about it: if I’m sure I’m right, there is little hope of seeing where I am failing. So I keep trying the same old things—the same lectures, for example, and the same punishments. And I keep getting the same outcomes[.]” -Yusuf al-Falah, The Anatomy of Peace
[Our attitude certainly affects how we approach situations, and what we expect to see when we do. This will limit our perception and recognition of the situation as it objectively is.]

Quote of the Day: 29 August 2025 #QotD

“The mind is flexible, if we know how to bend it.” -Ethan Kross
[So, it might be worthwhile to learn how to bend it in good ways.]

Quote of the Day: 28 August 2025 #QotD

“The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it’s still possible to get things done.” -Terry Pratchett
[That is what the people lower down in the organizational structure think, anyway. But culture is built at the top.]

Quote of the Day: 27 August 2025 #QotD

“Yes, the world is changing, and will continue to do so. But that does not mean we should stop the search for timeless principles.” -Jim Collins
[In fact, the very changes we experience are why we should be looking for timeless principles in the first place.]

Quote of the Day: 26 August 2025 #QotD

“Burglary’s more fun than socializing, I always say.” -Anthony Lockwood, The Whispering Skull
[This is not an endorsement for burglary but an indictment of socializing. At least with people in general.]

Quote of the Day: 25 August 2025 #QotD

“[A]ll the suffering that humanity ever knew can be traced to the one fact that no man in the history of the Galaxy … could really understand one another.” -Isaac Asimov
[Interpersonal communication really is one of the more difficult challenges humanity faces.]

Quote of the Day: 24 August 2025 #QotD

“Reverence for sacred things is the greatest manifestation of a vital spiritual quality; it is a by-product of our connection to holiness and reflects our love for and proximity to our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ. It is also one of the most elevated experiences of the soul.” -Ulisses Soares

Quote of the Day: 23 August 2025 #QotD

“It’s good that every now and then we have to wait for something.” -Dad, Calvin and Hobbes
[It is. But just try to get a child (or even many adults) to understand it.]

Quote of the Day: 22 August 2025 #QotD

“To work without change or rest all year would have seemed unusual to most of our ancestors. Seasonality was deeply integrated into the human experience.” -Cal Newport
[Routine is important, but sometimes you really need a change of pace.]

Quote of the Day: 21 August 2025 #QotD

“Not every win is a victory. And not every loss is a defeat.” -Zenaz, Wind and Truth
[But it is easy to think of them in those terms, rather than as opportunities to learn and grown.]

Quote of the Day: 20 August 2025 #QotD

“[S]ometimes there are no choices but poor ones.” -Chade, Assassin’s Apprentice
[Those situations are hard, but you have to persevere anyway. You won't get to superior choices later without going through the hard times now.]

Quote of the Day: 19 August 2025 #QotD

“Your life is not just your story. It belongs to everyone around you.” -@politicalmath
[We all share in one another's stories. Our lives are richer for them, and theirs for us.]

Quote of the Day: 18 August 2025 #QotD

“It is hard to please all. But if the Patagonians think me a dwarf and the Pygmies a giant, perhaps my stature is in fact fairly unremarkable.” -C. S. Lewis
[This being the case, why do you care what anyone else actually thinks of you?]

Quote of the Day: 17 August 2025 #QotD

“Trusting in the Lord is a particular need for all who wrongly measure the commandments of God and the teachings of His prophets against the latest findings and wisdom of man.” -Dallin H. Oaks

Quote of the Day: 16 August 2025 #QotD

“The way you talk about yourself and your life—your story—has a great deal to do with what shows up in your day-to-day experience.” -Ted, The Power of TED
[The way you think will affect how you interpret events around you, and from that your actions in relation to those events. Your thinking truly does affect your reality.]

Quote of the Day: 15 August 2025 #QotD

“Because of reciprocal inequalities, the more narrowly defined the endeavor, the less likely are different groups to be comparably represented. Yet crusaders for social justice often decry uneven representation of groups in an individual company, as evidence or proof of employer discrimination in that particular company.” -Thomas Sowell
[Statistics working as they do, it is impossible for people to appear entirely bias free without actually applying biases to the processes.]

Quote of the Day: 14 August 2025 #QotD

“A well-trained mind is the result of application, not inborn genius.” -Susan Wise Bauer
[I guess that means I hove no excuses. Darn it.]

Quote of the Day: 13 August 2025 #QotD

“I was hoping to be blame-free.” -Rat, Pearls Before Swine
[Don't we all? It's just not a reasonable position to take about your entire life.]

Quote of the Day: 12 August 2025 #QotD

“Now a direction is always far more fantastic than a plan. I would rather have the most archaic map of the road to Brighton than a general recommendation to turn to the left.” -G. K. Chesterton
[It is important to remember that the map is not the territory. But, it is also true that a map will give you far more detail than a knowledge of which direction you need to be headed in.]

Quote of the Day: 11 August 2025 #QotD

“Everyone thinks that hate and love are somehow opposite forces. They are not. They are the same force, facing opposite directions.” -Mab, Battle Ground
[Passion. Whether it invokes revulsion or the opposite determines love or hate. But, they are both guided by passion.]

Quote of the Day: 10 August 2025 #QotD

“I testify that while God cares about our mistakes, He cares more about what happens after we make a mistake. Are we going to turn to Him again and again? Are we going to stay in this covenant relationship?” -Tamara W. Runia

Quote of the Day: 9 August 2025 #QotD

“If an author’s account of any man is tidy, you must believe it has been made so in contrast with the truth, which is rarely clear and never simple.” -Pheris Mostrus Erondites, Return of the Thief
[A healthy skepticism is appropriate when considering any particular account. However, it is easily possible to get carried away with it.]

Quote of the Day: 8 August 2025 #QotD

“It turned out knowing everything was a very different thing from understanding everything.” -Omand Vokkan, Graveyard of Demons
[Yes, wisdom and knowledge, while closely related, are not equivalent.]

Quote of the Day: 7 August 2025 #QotD

“Pressure sounds like motivation.” -Coach Lauren, Frazz
[And vice versa. It all depends on your perspective.]

Quote of the Day: 6 August 2025 #QotD

“You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.” -Jake Barnes, The Sun Also Rises
[You are still the person you have become regardless of where you are. You have to work on changing who you have become to be able to get away from the person that you are.]

Quote of the Day: 5 August 2025 #QotD

“Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can’t fly. They despise brains because they have none. Pfah!” -Samuel C. Russell, Have Space Suit – Will Travel
[It's the crab bucket mentality that keeps so many people from achieving their potential. They could reach greatness, but they fear the judgment and blowback from those around them instead.]

Quote of the Day: 4 August 2024

“There is something about inevitability that offends human nature. Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed. But man is also a creature prone to error, and sometimes that makes inevitable the things that he so often seeks to avoid.” -Tom Clancy
[This is the message of the Greek tragedies, anyway. I don't think I really believe it, but it's not that far from the truth.]

Quote of the Day: 3 August 2025 #QotD

“Jesus can heal grief; He can enable forgiveness. He can free us and others from things we or they have said or done that otherwise bind us captive.” -Gerrit W. Gong

Quote of the Day: 2 August 2025 #QotD

“For anything worth accomplishing, we can always find reasons to doubt, just as we can also find reasons to proceed.” -Galloran, Chasing the Prophecy
[Seems like it matters what your disposition is. Whether you believe you can or believe you can't makes a difference to the ultimate outcome.]

Quote of the Day: 1 August 2025 #QotD

“You know what’s wrong with scientific power? It’s a form of inherited wealth.” -Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
[Inheritances are not bad or evil, but they do require training and education to use well. If that critical component is lacking, then it becomes likely that it will be misused or wasted.]