Quote of the Day: 30 September 2025 #QotD

“No matter how the economy and sociology of the neighboring sectors of the Galaxy changed, there was always an elite; and it is always the characteristic of an elite that it possesses leisure as the great reward of its elite-hood.” -Isaac Asimov
[As much as they believe themselves to be the elite, the rest of us are under no obligation to regard them as such. Most of them I hold in rather low regard.]

Quote of the Day: 29 September 2025 #QotD

“I’m crying because out there he’s gone, but he’s not gone inside me.” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
[Grief is real and must be dealt with. And as those who are grieving around you mourn, the least you can do is to respect their grief.]

Quote of the Day: 28 September 2025 #QotD

“If you incur a physical injury, your condition will deteriorate and may become life-threatening if you don’t seek proper medical attention. That is true for spiritual wounds as well. Only, untreated spiritual wounds may threaten your eternal salvation. Don’t hide from those who will love and support you; rather, run to them.” -Scott D. Whiting

Quote of the Day: 27 September 2025 #QotD

“[P]roductivity at the large scale doesn’t require frantic busyness at the small.” -Cal Newport
[People often mistake motion for productivity. If you're doing something, you must be doing the right thing, right? No, actually, you first have to ensure you're doing the right thing from the beginning.]

Quote of the Day: 26 September 2025 #QotD

“Ideals are dead things, unless they have people behind them. Laws exist not for themselves, but for those they serve.” -Kaladin, Wind and Truth
[We ought not forget about the reason for things. Most of the reasons for things come down to being there for people.]

Quote of the Day: 25 September 2025 #QotD

“When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead.” -Burrich, Assassin’s Apprentice
[Obvious omissions mean you are either dishonest or unobservant. Neither is a good look. Honesty is generally a better approach.]

Quote of the Day: 24 September 2025 #QotD

“It turns out there was an enormous buffer zone around 1st Amendment legal protection and that buffer zone was made of social acceptance and shame[.]” -@politicalmath

[We often don't realize the blessings we have until it has been abridged.]

Quote of the Day: 23 September 2025 #QotD

“Jesus Christ did not say ‘Go into all the world and tell the world that it is quite right.’ The Gospel is something completely different. In fact, it is directly opposed to the world.” -C. S. Lewis
[Too right. We are called to let the world know when it has gone wrong, and how.]

Quote of the Day: 22 September 2025 #QotD

“All of life’s experiences are teachers in some sense, challenging us to grow and evolve.” -Ted, The Power of TED
[I don't know that life's experiences challenge us to grow, so much as they require us to develop as a person. We have no ability to remain static and unchanging. Nor would we want to.]

Quote of the Day: 21 September 2025 #QotD

“We are whole in Jesus Christ when we exercise our agency to follow Him in faith, submit our hearts to Him so He can change them, keep His commandments, and enter a covenant relationship with Him, meekly enduring and learning from the challenges of this earthly estate until we return to His presence and are healed in every way.” -Camille N. Johnson

Quote of the Day: 20 September 2025 #QotD

“Advocates of diversity in a race or gender sense are often quite hostile to ideological diversity, when it includes traditional or ‘conservative’ values and beliefs.” -Thomas Sowell
[There's an awful lot of advocating for things people say they want in the current situation, but as soon as the situation is even slightly reversed, they change their tune.]

Quote of the Day: 19 September 2025 #QotD

“[A] task that is merely difficult can be broken down into small and manageable steps, and mastered through diligent effort.” -Susan Wise Bauer
[Well, it can if you approach it from a rational point of view. Otherwise, it will likely break you.]

Quote of the Day: 18 September 2025 #QotD

“Screaming is always a solid option.” -Pig, Pearls Before Swine
[It won't accomplish anything, and any amount you feel better as a result will only last for a moment. But it is something you can do.]

Quote of the Day: 17 September 2025 #QotD

“I have called this book ‘What Is Wrong with the World?’ and the upshot of the title can be easily and clearly stated. What is wrong is that we do not ask what is right.” -G. K. Chesterton
[When we focus on negative outcomes, that is all we see. However, when we take time to be grateful for all that is good around us, we can begin to see all that is marvelous and good.]

Quote of the Day: 16 September 2025 #QotD

“The point of the left labeling speech as violence was always to justify violence against speech.” -Frank J. Fleming
[Don't let them get away with it. You have to hold fast to the standards of decency that have always been recognized.]

Quote of the Day: 15 September 2025 #QotD

“And silencing a voice with a bullet is not winning. But let’s be equally clear: political violence cannot be met with political silence.” -Todd R. Maxwell
[Stand up and be courageous. We aren't getting out of this life alive anyway, and we may as well act the way we do in our dreams.]

Quote of the Day: 14 September 2025 #QotD

“[D]iscipleship of Jesus Christ is the only way to obtain enduring happiness. It is a path filled with deliberate and purposeful acts of love toward others. While the path of discipleship may be difficult and challenging, and while at times we may struggle and fall short, we can take comfort that God is mindful of us and yearns to help us every time we try.” -Michael B. Strong

Quote of the Day: 13 September 2025

“The dead don’t need justice. That’s for those of us who are left looking down at the remains.” -Harry Dresden, Skin Game
[That doesn't mean it isn't important. On the contrary, it is of the utmost importance.]

Quote of the Day: 12 September 2025 #QotD

“[T]hough sympathy can’t alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable.” -Mina Murray, Dracula
[Just a thought for these times of turmoil.]

Quote of the Day: 11 September 2025 #QotD

“The ballot box produces conformity without unanimity[.] … That is why it is desirable to use the ballot box, so far as possible, only for those decisions where conformity is essential.” -Milton Friedman
[I fear there are those who have decided that we must now move on to the ammo box. I don't personally believe we have to, but it is not far distant from where we are.]

Quote of the Day: 10 September 2025 #QotD

“We were taught to never doubt the rightness of the Law, Karno, but a man who does not question his actions will inevitably go too far…” -Ashok Vadal, Graveyard of Demons
[You have to grapple with the tough questions, if only for yourself.]

Quote of the Day: 9 September 2025 #QotD

“A young child’s desire to call to a relative is met with an equal but opposite desire to speak once they are on the phone.” -Henpecked Hal
[My parents have been on the receiving end of this oh so many times. I'm sure they find it a bit exasperating, but they'd prefer to receive the calls that only feature their grands for a brief moment rather than not hearing from them at all.]

Quote of the Day: 8 September 2025 #QotD

“Great performance is in our hands far more than most of us ever suspected.” -Geoff Colvin
[It turns out each individual has more control over his life than we had previously suspected. There are things you can do to improve your performance. But it will require effort on your part.]

Quote of the Day: 7 September 2025 #QotD

“Brothers and sisters, as the world grows more wicked, we need to grow increasingly pure. Our thoughts, words, and actions need to be unfailingly virtuous and filled with the pure love of Jesus Christ towards all men. The great opportunity before us is to become the people God needs us to be.” -Russell M. Nelson

Quote of the Day: 6 September 2025 #QotD

“[C]ontrary to some opinions, it is better to be a dead hero than a live louse. Dying is messy and inconvenient but even a louse dies someday no matter what he will do to stay alive and he is forever having to explain his choice.” -Clifford “Kip” Russell, Have Space Suit – Will Travel
[Better to have lived and died for something than to not have lived for anything and slink off to capitulate another day.]

Quote of the Day: 5 September 2025 #QotD

“If you don’t write it down, then it never happened.” -Catherine Ryan, Debt of Honor
[Unless you have an incredible memory, and even then it's not a great idea, you are going to forget things you've decided on already. It's just going to happen. So, write the important things down.]

Quote of the Day: 4 September 2025 #QotD

“A common enemy is not necessarily a reliable basis for friendship.” -Galloran, Seeds of Rebellion
[Always remember that your enemy's enemy may not be your friend. To forget this is to court disaster.]

Quote of the Day: 3 September 2025 #QotD

“[W]e Kikuyu say no one escapes from life alive. No relaxing now[.]” -Kahega, Congo
[Pretty much. You aren't making it out alive, so what do you want to get accomplished with the time you have?]

Quote of the Day: 2 September 2025 #QotD

“Pride is stupid, pride is blind, but pride is also the backbone that runs through us: without pride there’s no spring-back, no resilience.” -Mark Lawrence
[I struggle with the description of pride as a positive thing. But I think that the message here is at least partly true and helps us understand the world and how it works.]

Quote of the Day: 1 September 2025 #QotD

“My thought is that in a free society we ought to be free to join a union or not to join a union. And we ought not to be subject to the tyranny of the 51 per cent of the bargaining unit in this regard, any more than as free men and women we should be subject to the tyranny of the 51 per cent in a matter of religion.” -James Kilpatrick
[Freedom of association. It's real. It's important. So important that the founders enshrined it in the Bill of Rights. So, take a moment to reflect on why that is, and what that means today.]