Quote of the Day: 30 November 2024 #QotD

“Once in a while you have to be a little reckless; that’s a skill I learned somewhere.” -Lucy Carlyle, The Creeping Shadow
[Knowing when those times are gets to be quite difficult, though. And when you get it wrong ... Ouch!]

Quote of the Day: 29 November 2024 #QotD

“An incompetent traitor is no danger. It is rather the capable men who must be watched.” -Ammel Brodrig, Foundation and Empire
[Something worth keeping in mind. Competence is a desirable trait when it is used to your benefit, and an undesirable one when it goes against your interests.]

Quote of the Day: 28 November 2024 #QotD

“My gratitude journal is not a luxury that I attend to only when it is convenient or when I have time. It is a necessity and a reminder of how much I have, even in moments when I feel as though I have lost everything.” -Brittany Hunter
[Happy Thanksgiving!]

Quote of the Day: 27 November 2024 #QotD

“Our faith is that this is all part of some plan. It’s not about everything happening the way we want—but trusting that it is happening the way someone wants.” -Contemplation, The Sunlit Man
[An excellent summation of faith. My personal faith puts that plan in the hands of a benevolent creator who loves us. But others may have more sinister interpretations of things.]

Quote of the Day: 26 November 2024 #QotD

“Just breathing isn’t living.” -Pollyanna Whittier, Pollyanna
[You've got to find and do something that ignites your passion. Otherwise, you may as well not be living.]

Quote of the Day: 25 November 2024 #QotD

“I dunno, it seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
[Of necessity. You can't mature and hold on to the culture of youth, and the youth can't develop their independence without some way of distinguishing themselves from the older generation.]

Quote of the Day: 24 November 2024 #QotD

“Holiness to the Lord makes daily living sacred. It draws us closer and happier to the Lord and each other and prepares us to live with God our Father, Jesus Christ, and our loved ones.” -Gerrit W. Gong

Quote of the Day: 23 November 2024 #QotD

“Not all differences between races are due to race—either in the sense of genetics or in the sense of racial discrimination.” -Thomas Sowell
[But there's too much money being made from convincing people of the opposite. So, it will persist despite the flaws.]

Quote of the Day: 22 November 2024 #QotD

“This affair advances in a very strange manner.” -Hercule Poirot, Murder on the Orient Express
[But don't the interesting ones always proceed in a strange manner? Otherwise, wehre would the interst be?]

Quote of the Day: 21 November 2024 #QotD

“Well, don’t ask me a lot of fool questions if you don’t like the answers.” -Jake Barnes, The Sun Also Rises
[There's some sense in that. Some. But how can you know if you'll like the answers if you don't ask the questions?]

Quote of the Day: 20 November 2024 #QotD

“In everything on this earth that is worth doing, there is a stage when no one would do it, except for necessity or honor.” -G. K. Chesterton
[So, we ought to be thankful for those who decided to proceed regardless of the personal consequences and risks.]

Quote of the Day: 19 November 2024 #QotD

“[Y]ou can’t go around changing your definition of right and wrong (or smart and stupid) just because doing the wrong thing happens to be really convenient.” -Harry Dresden, Cold Days
[But isn't always just so tempting? But you have to resist that temptation in order to maintain your integrity and character.]

Quote of the Day: 18 November 2024 #QotD

“Now you understand why the Framers put the Second Amendment in there. It is the kill switch on the Republic, and everyone with a clue prays we never have to use it.” -Larry Correia
[Amen. I don't want that. I never want that. But there are things I want even less.]

Quote of the Day: 17 November 2024 #QotD

“During our sojourn in mortality, we often wrestle with what we think we know, what we think is best, and what we assume works for us, as opposed to comprehending what Heavenly Father actually knows, what is eternally best, and what absolutely works for children within His plan.” -Ulisses Soares

Quote of the Day: 16 November 2024 #QotD

“Each of us believes that what he has to say is much more important than anything the other might have to contribute!” -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
[Isn't it always the way? Self-absorption is a relationship killer.]

Quote of the Day: 15 November 2024 #QotD

“There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.” -Samuel C. Russell, Have Space Suit – Will Travel
[Ehh, I've got to think probabilities can still throw things at you that you're not going to be adequately prepared for. But people tend to ascribe more failures to luck than is generally warranted.]

Quote of the Day: 14 November 2024 #QotD

“Life had to have a purpose, and one such purpose was the service of others.” -Tom Clancy
[This is often a good way to find joy in life, let alone purpose.]

Quote of the Day: 13 November 2024 #QotD

“The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on[.]” -John Yossarian, Catch-22
[Or cause you to lose politically. Or, really, whatever constitutes a decisive loss in whatever endeavor you are engaged in.]

Quote of the Day: 12 November 2024 #QotD

“There is a long road yet.” -Gandalf, The Hobbit
[Whatever it is, there is plenty left to do.]

Quote of the Day: 11 November 2024 #QotD

“Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told—and become upset if they are exposed to any different view.” -Ian Malcolm, The Lost World
[This is largely true. I have to wonder how often this applies to me. But is it just human nature, or have we become lazy in these times?]

Quote of the Day: 10 November 2024 #QotD

“How would He want each one of His children to be welcomed, cared for, nourished, and loved? How would He want us to feel when we come to be renewed through remembering and worshipping Him?” -Patrick Kearon

Quote of the Day: 9 November 2024 #QotD

“People don’t want truth. They say that they do but what they mean is that they want the truth to agree with them.” -Master Logaris, The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
[As has been observed many times in the past. No one has been able to figure out what to do about it, though.]

Quote of the Day: 8 November 2024 #QotD

“People who probably weren’t bad could kill you.” -Terry Pratchett
[This is true whether these people mean to kill you or not. They could be motivated by mistaken beliefs, misplaced animus, or something else. Or they may not be motivated to kill you at all, and it is entirely a second order effect, or an unintended outcome. None of that would make you any less dead, though.]

Quote of the Day: 7 November 2024

“Real Christianity and consistent Atheism both make demands on a man.” -C. S. Lewis
[Any system of belief does, as long as it is consistent. Otherwise, it is useless. One of the two here happens to be true. The other ... Well, it might be useful to some who are unable to accept reality.]

Quote of the Day: 6 November 2024 #QotD

“[M]en are so simple, and governed so absolutely by their present needs, that he who wishes to deceive will never fail in finding willing dupes.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
[If you would avoid being deceived yourself, seek first to understand where you are easily led.]

Quote of the Day: 5 November 2024 #QotD

“We really need to cultivate better candidates at all levels-- there are far too many elections where the best choice is ‘none of the above’.” -Carol Roth
[It's election day. Nothing to get excited about. I'm actually pondering whether to hold my nose and vote for the lesser of two evil, or can I justify retaining my dignity and not throwing a vote after a bad candidate just because the other one is worse.]

Quote of the Day: 4 November 2024 #QotD

“Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate itself in empty phrases.” -A Wise Man (attributed), Foundation and Empire
[I know that I feel gratitude the most when it is expressed sincerely and in a novel manner. Otherwise, it is either trite, or flippant. At least, that is how I perceive it.]

Quote of the Day: 3 November 2024 #QotD

“There is no ‘my way’ if we are to follow Christ’s example. Trying to find a different course to heaven is like the futility of working on the Tower of Babel rather than looking to Christ and His salvation.” -D. Todd Christofferson

Quote of the Day: 2 November 2024 #QotD

“Price and wage fixing is always harmful. There is no right way of doing it. There is no right way of doing a wrong thing. There is no fair way of doing something that oughtn’t be done at all.” -Henry Hazlitt and Brian Wesbury
[I agree with the whole statement, and especially the third and fourth sentences.]

Quote of the Day: 1 November 2024 #QotD

“What if we decided to make an effort to let ourselves be happy?” -Waxillium Ladrian, The Lost Metal
[There will be difficulties coming for many of us in this regard. I expect that we'll have to exert quite the effort to do so.]