Quote of the Day: 30 April 2025 #QotD

“Spend time with those you love.” -Gad Saad
[A good reminder to prioritize the things that actually matter.]

Quote of the Day: 29 April 2025

“Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.” -Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
[Not all life, and not at all times, but you can expect life to expand to fill the voids. Especially given enough time.]

Quote of the Day: 28 April 2025 #QotD

“[T]he truth is that nobody can truly appreciate world-class talent unless they themselves have spent a great deal of time trying to be even a fraction as good.” -Mark Lawrence
[You have to get to the point of being able to appreciate what he can do that you cannot before you can truly understand how good he truly is. Most don't come close to actually comprehending this discrepancy.]

Quote of the Day: 27 April 2025 #QotD

“How different life could be if the world esteemed Jesus above the level of a profane swearing streak from time to time.” -Jeffrey R. Holland

Quote of the Day: 26 April 2025 #QotD

“[T]hank-yous aren’t only expressions of gratitude; they’re crucial belonging cues that generate a contagious sense of safety, connection, and motivation.” -Daniel Coyle
[Gratitude is a practice almost criminally undervalued in our society. We would be far better off if we were to increase our expressions of gratitude even a little. But so much better if it were increased by an order of magnitude or more.]

Quote of the Day: 25 April 2025 #QotD

“In the way we regard our children, our spouses, neighbors, colleagues, and strangers, we choose to see others either as people like ourselves or as objects. They either count like we do or they don’t.” -Avi Rozen, The Anatomy of Peace
[A good reminder that this is true of everyone we interact with, and not just those closest to us. Though, it may be most evident with those closest to us because we see them so much more than the others.]

Quote of the Day: 24 April 2025 #QotD

“It was wild, it was exhilarating, it was almost getting killed—and the almost bit is what made it something they would feel able to talk about later, though clearly getting killed would shut up most people.” -Terry Pratchett
[That's the razor's edge adrenaline seekers ride. Many of them fall to one side or the other eventually. But it is something that can invigorate your life for a while.]

Quote of the Day: 23 April 2025 #QotD

“You absolutely cannot make a series of good decisions without first confronting the brutal facts.” -Jim Collins
[But they're so uncomfortable. Can't we just ignore them. It'd make things so much more pleasant. Until we fail.]

Quote of the Day: 22 April 2025 #QotD

“Never touch a mummified body part if you don’t know where it’s been. That’s my motto.” -Anthony Lockwood, The Creeping Shadow
[A good practice to follow, if not the best motto to live by.]

Quote of the Day: 21 April 2025 #QotD

“The human mind resents control.” -The Mule, Second Foundation
[Some of them more than others (the Pup being one of the prime examples.) But we all seem to resist when another attempts to subvert our agency.]

Quote of the Day: 20 April 2025 #QotD

“As we turn to Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, He rescues us from the storms of life through His Atonement in accordance with the Father’s plan.” -Quentin L. Cook

[Happy Easter!]

Quote of the Day: 19 April 2025 #QotD

“I keep hoping there’s a less obvious solution.” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
[So many times I just want the obvious solution to be something that can be avoided. However, there is rarely an option that allows me to avoid what I don't want to do while still getting the benefits that come from those uncomfortable acts.]

Quote of the Day: 18 April 2025 #QotD

“The best thing you can do for your kids isn’t to make their life easy. It’s to teach them how to handle challenges, work hard, and make wise financial decisions.” -Dave Ramsey
[Still working on it. I'm not sure I do this well, but it is something we try to do.]

Quote of the Day: 17 April 2025 #QotD

“I figure that’s why the city keeps building more schools. Have you seen how many there are these days? The government is saving them up, in case they need to make some kids happy. Then they’ll burn ’em down.” -Wayne Ferrisborn, The Lost Metal
[I mean, it's as good of a reason as any I've heard for why government schools proliferate. They certainly aren't being used to actually educate the students. In most cases they are a glorified day care provider. All of this notwithstanding the existence of some good and kind teachers.]

Quote of the Day: 16 April 2025 #QotD

“I have learned to save myself useless emotion.” -Mary Debenham, Murder on the Orient Express
[If only it were that easy. Emotions come regardless of your desire for them. You will be affected. But you can learn to deal with them appropriately.]

Quote of the Day: 15 April 2025 #QotD

“One of the biggest lessons I learned in life is that I am under no obligation to set myself on fire so that others can be warm.” -daddybear71
[A vivid description of a common occurrence. You don't have to help others at the expense of your own wellbeing.]

Quote of the Day: 14 April 2025 #QotD

“What we believe and assume creates most of our reality and our experience[.]” -Sophia, The Power of TED
[It certainly limits what we are willing to attempt because if we don't believe something is achievable we won't even try.]

Quote of the Day: 13 April 2025 #QotD

“Because He is full of truth, He sees you as you really are—flaws, weaknesses, regrets, and all. Because He is full of grace, He sees you as you really can be. He meets you where you are and helps you repent and improve, overcome and become.” -Bradley R. Wilcox

Quote of the Day: 12 April 2025 #QotD

“The community as a whole is better off or worse off according to whether or not the next generation is raised under circumstances that are more likely to produce productive citizens rather than parasites and criminals.” -Thomas Sowell
[We actually know quite a bit about how to foster a culture of success and social cohesion. If only we were willing to apply those things.]

Quote of the Day: 11 April 2025 #QotD

“It can kill you fast, it can kill you slow, it can kill you hard or it can kill you softly, but in the end socialism, like its communist cousin, will kill you. It’s just it’s slow in most places, and people don’t notice.” -Sarah Hoyt

[Or have convinced themselves that they don't notice.]

Quote of the Day: 10 April 2025 #QotD

“Some people are best left ignorant.” -Goat, Pearls Before Swine
[It's just hard to know who those people are before they are no longer ignorant. Then it's too late.]

Quote of the Day: 9 April 2025 #QotD

“There is no such thing as fighting on the winning side; one fights to find out which is the winning side.” -G. K. Chesterton
[That is not the same as finding out which is the correct side. That is a different matter entirely, and you ought to know which you think is right long before you know which side will be the winning side.]

Quote of the Day: 8 April 2025 #QotD

“Nothing you ever do can change the past. Can’t live your life looking backwards or you’ll spend it walking in circles.” -Harry Dresden, Battle Ground
[However, you do have to let the past influence how you approach the future. Otherwise, you're going to spend your efforts trying to apply a useless plan to a situation it wasn't made for.]

Quote of the Day: 7 April 2025 #QotD

“Smacking people will not persuade them.” -Helen, Queen of Eddis, Return of the Thief
[But, at times, it would be so nice if it did. Wouldn't it?]

Quote of the Day: 6 April 2025 #QotD

“As much as He desires our attention, He will not force us to come to Him.” -L. Todd Budge

Quote of the Day: 5 April 2025 #QotD

“We live in strange days.” -Karno Uttara, Graveyard of Demons
[Of course, we do. But have we ever not? That's the important question.]

Quote of the Day: 4 April 2025 #QotD

“[T]here are much more terrible things than physical injury.” -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
[Some of them you can't even conceive of until you are a parent, or intimately connected to another person. I'm sure there are plenty of things that I am entirely unaware of. Blissfully so.]

Quote of the Day: 3 April 2025 #QotD

“Most minds stall dead when faced with facts which conflict with basic beliefs; ‘I-just-can’t-believe-it’ is all one word to highbrows and dimwits alike.” -Elihu Nivens, The Puppet Masters
[And if you don't think this applies to you, you probably aren't being honest with yourself.]

Quote of the Day: 2 April 2025 #QotD

“You have to know the things you don’t know. You have to figure out what the questions are before you can start looking for answers.” -Jack Ryan, Debt of Honor
[Not a new idea, but an important one. You've got to identify the holes in your knowledge before you can know if you have filled all of the relevant ones. Even then, you'll run into the unknown unknowns, or things that you didn't even realize you didn't know you needed to know.]

Quote of the Day: 1 April 2025 #QotD

“When a decision really matters, Rachel, we have to ignore our comforting illusions. We must set aside our wishes and give heed to reality. Nobody can accept the truth while hiding from it.” -Ferrin, Chasing the Prophecy
[Really for everything, but if you've got a decision that matters more than usual, well, then you'd really better face reality.]