Quote of the Day: 30 April 2021 #QotD

“If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.” -Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
[This approach to self affirmation appears to be fostered by social media.]

Quote of the Day: 29 April 2021 #QotD

“It is not poverty that needs to be explained but what combinations of circumstances come together in particular places and times to enable economic progress to take place.” -Thomas Sowell
[This inversion of the typical thought about this helps clarify what is actually going on.]

Quote of the Day: 28 April 2021 #QotD

“Don’t put your kids in a box. Allow them to get creative and find a job they enjoy doing.” -Rachel Cruze

[As long as my children develop a life long love of learning, I don't care much what they choose as a profession, so long as it supports them.]

Quote of the Day: 27 April 2021 #QotD

“This hour I tell things in confidence, I might not tell everybody, but I will tell you.” -Walt Whitman
[Anymore, just about everything even potentially controversial has to be said in confidence.]

Quote of the Day: 26 April 2021 #QotD

“Be careful what you wish for, because your current goals and needs will color what you want and like in the present.” -John Bargh
[We tend to forget that our thoughts color our perception. This extends to our goals and beyond.]

Quote of the Day: 25 April 2021 #QotD

“To be truly life-changing, conversion to Jesus Christ must involve our whole soul and permeate every aspect of our lives.” -Jan E. Newman
 

Quote of the Day: 24 April 2021 #QotD

“Kids are not recipes, and just because we prepare them or raise them in a particular way doesn’t mean they’ll turn out how we hope they will.” -Sarah Mackenzie
[And yet, my hope persists. Even knowing that my hopes will not all materialize, I continue hoping.]

Quote of the Day: 23 April 2021 #QotD

“Notoriety wasn’t as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity.” -Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
[I guess. If all you care about is escaping obscurity.]

Quote of the Day: 22 April 2021 #QotD

“For most of history, mankind has managed to keep a reasonable balance between thinking nature’s adorable and thinking it wants to kill us.” -P. J. O’Rourke
[Happy Earth Day.]

Quote of the Day: 21 April 2021 #QotD

“You can get immediate and extraordinary gains in mental and emotional energy just by taking better care of your physical body. And you need to.” -Brenden Burchard
[I have personally experienced this. And there is more I can do.]

Quote of the Day: 20 April 2021 #QotD

“The truth is I’ve never watched a bird do anything that I’ve personally found useful. I really don’t know why I watch birds. It’s kind of stupid, if you think about it.” -Patrick F. McManus
[But aren't many of our pastimes?]

Quote of the Day: 19 April 2021 #QotD

“I have also found that few things, if any, are capable of making one so blind and narrow as race prejudice.” -Booker T. Washington
[This is true regardless of the race that is the subject of the prejudice. Including so-called whites.]

Quote of the Day: 18 April 2021 #QotD

“It is our privilege and responsibility to help children ‘get far enough in’ to the gospel of Jesus Christ. And we cannot begin too soon.” -Joy D. Jones

Quote of the Day: 17 April 2021 #QotD

“If there is one thing the government has proven it does NOT know how to do – it’s education!” -Janie Johnson

[It is likely that my children will end up being homeschooled. For a myriad of reasons. Not least of which is that I actually want my children to be educated.]
 

Quote of the Day: 16 April 2021 #QotD

“[T]he essence of religious persecution is this: that the man who happens to have material power in the State, either by wealth or by official position, should govern his fellow-citizens not according to their religion or philosophy, but according to his own.” -G. K. Chesterton
[People seem to misunderstand this. I think this is the best description that I have yet encountered. And it includes religious persecutions of all types.]

Quote of the Day: 15 April 2021 #QotD

“Freedom cannot be absolute. We do live in an interdependent society. Some restrictions on our freedom are necessary to avoid other, still worse, restrictions. However, we have gone far beyond that point. The urgent need today is to eliminate restrictions, not add to them.” -Milton Friedman

[I'd far rather see legislatures repealing laws rather than enacting new legislation.]
 

Quote of the Day: 14 April 2021 #QotD

“[T]he process of building habits is actually the process of becoming yourself.” -James Clear
[Or of who you'd like to be.]

Quote of the Day: 13 April 2021 #QotD

“You always wonder what they'll put on your gravestone.” -Mike Chase
[And most of the time you don't get much say in what the selection is.]

Quote of the Day: 12 April 2021 #QotD

“Grief doesn’t get better. We just learn to love around it.” -@hyacinthgrrl
[Some personal content today, as this day has significance with respect to a brother who has chosen to separate himself from the family.]

Quote of the Day: 11 April 2021 #QotD

“The more what is politically correct seeks to replace what God has declared correct, the more ineffective approaches to human problems there will be[.]” -Neal A. Maxwell

Quote of the Day: 10 April 2021 #QotD

“America, curious toward foreign characters, stands by its own at all hazards[.]” -Walt Whitman
[I'm no longer certain what I thought of this when I first encountered it. But I know that America has a unique character amongst the nations of the world.]

Quote of the Day: 9 April 2021 #QotD

“To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open.” -Jordan Peterson
[And to refuse to give in to defeatism as a result.]

Quote of the Day: 8 April 2021 #QotD

“The free market may work best when there is a level playing field, but politicians win more votes by tilting the playing field to favor particular groups.” -Thomas Sowell
[It matters not to which party your preferred politician adheres, nor how morally they present themselves. They are still human and subject to human failings.]

Quote of the Day: 7 April 2021 #QotD

“Children are sponges–they are going to absorb whatever is around them, so we need to be intentional about what surrounds them.” -Dave Ramsey
[An important reminder for those of us with young children, or who any who interact with children.]

Quote of the Day: 6 April 2021 #QotD

“Gun Control doesn’t keep you safe from criminals, it keeps Criminals safe from you.” -Colion Noir
[A feature for disingenuous proponents of gun control, and somethings that escapes the notice of true believers. They never seem to account for the unwillingness of criminals to obey laws.]

Quote of the Day: 5 April 2021 #QotD

“Our current goals change us—our minds, hearts, and values. And without our being aware that these changes have taken place.” -John Bargh
[Something to keep in mind as you make momentous decisions.]

Quote of the Day: 4 April 2021 #QotD

“Because of Jesus Christ, we celebrate Easter. And Easter is all about peace and hope.” -Russell M. Nelson
[Happy Easter!]

Quote of the Day: 3 April 2021 #QotD

“[Y]ou don’t ‘have’ happiness. Rather, you transform your thoughts into feelings that are or are not happy.” -Brenden Burchard
[This perspective can help you to realize how happiness is not something that merely happens to you, but something that you can cultivate regardless of your circumstances.]

Quote of the Day: 2 April 2021 #QotD

“Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.” -John Stuart Mill
[The discovery of truth requires experience with the subject under consideration. When that experience is difficult or impossible to obtain, the discovery of truth is vastly more difficult.]

Quote of the Day: 1 April 2021 #QotD

“There can be no one way to be, no one way to practice, no one way to learn, no one way to love, no one way to grow or to heal, no one way to live, no one way to feel, no one thing to know or be known. The particulars count.” -Jon Kabat-Zinn
[If the particulars count, you can disregard the thoughts of others on how you choose to live.]