Quote of the Day: 21 May 2026 #QotD

“Purpose isn’t about tapping into some mystical internal drive but rather about creating simple beacons that focus attention and engagement on the shared goal.” -Daniel Coyle
[Signaling a clear objective is essential to creating purpose. You can do it for your organization, even if you aren't the nominal leader.]

Quote of the Day: 20 May 2026 #QotD

“Since our brains are wired to make us emotional creatures, your first reaction to an event is always going to be an emotional one.” -Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves
[But, you don't have to let that be your only reaction. You can have a second reaction, or even a third.]

Quote of the Day: 19 May 2026 #QotD

“However it manifests itself, when the inner voice runs amok and chatter takes the mental microphone, our mind not only torments but paralyzes us. It can also lead us to do things that sabotage us.” -Ethan Kross
[Poor thought hygiene leads to personal suffering that doesn't need to happen. You can get away from it.]

Quote of the Day: 18 May 2026 #QotD

“[J]ust because you can see what’s coming, doesn’t mean you can do anything about it.” -Argosi teaching, Charmcaster
[Unfortunately, foresight sometimes means preparing for the inevitable rather than avoiding a negative result.]

Quote of the Day: 17 May 2026 #QotD

“Opening the windows of heaven through fervent prayer does not require the use of many words or flowery language. Rather, the diligence in prayer which Heavenly Father requires of us is to ‘pour out [our] souls’ in private places and have our hearts ‘drawn out in prayer unto him continually.’” -Henry B. Eyring

Quote of the Day: 16 May 2026 #QotD

“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.” -Terry Pratchett
[But the experience along the way is exquisite.]

Quote of the Day: 15 May 2026 #QotD

“[W]hile you can buy your way to growth, you absolutely cannot buy your way to greatness.” -Jim Collins
[Growth may or may not be to the benefit of your organization. Greatness comes from developing the right team.]

Quote of the Day: 14 May 2026 #QotD

“Note: What feels obviously right to you might seem very wrong to everyone else.” -Scott Meyer
[Unless your thoughts are exactly what everyone else thinks (and the likelihood is very low), then you'll have to accept that sometimes you disagree with most other people.]

Quote of the Day: 13 May 2026 #QotD

“You seem sane to me. Perhaps I am as insane as you and am under the same illusion, but that sort of argument gets us nowhere. All humanity could share a common insanity and be immersed in a common illusion while living in a common chaos.” -Janov Pelorat, Foundation’s Edge
[It is hard to dispel a common misconception. That's why it is so important to tell the truth at all times and in all situations.]

Quote of the Day: 12 May 2026 #QotD

“I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
[Your intuition has some things to say. Listen. What are the consequences if you're wrong? They aren't that bad, right?]

Quote of the Day: 11 May 2026 #QotD

“Better a Little Caution than a Great Regret” -Mathon, The Richest Man in Babylon
[Hasty action often leads to regret.]

Quote of the Day: 10 May 2026 #QotD

“Although there is nothing a woman can do that has more far-reaching, eternal impact than to rear her children to walk in righteousness, motherhood and marital status are not the only measures of a woman’s worth.” -M. Russell Ballard
[Happy Mother's Day!]

Quote of the Day: 9 May 2026 #QotD

“I have since come to know that many men always see another’s good fortune as a slight to themselves.” -FitzChivalry Farseer, Assassin’s Apprentice
[Boy, is this true of some people. It is particularly annoying to try to teach my son that this is not true.]

Quote of the Day: 8 May 2026 #QotD

“Every decision we make influences others, and sometimes harms them.… That’s the way of life.” -Nohadon, Wind and Truth
[We cannot help but have an effect on the world. Even a deleterious effect. That is part of life. But it is good to remember that, like ripples on a pond, the effect lessens the further in time and distance from the event that caused it.]

Quote of the Day: 7 May 2026 #QotD

“Nothing earthly succeeds by ignoring heaven, nothing heavenly by ignoring the earth.” -Marcus Aurelius
[Happy National Day of Prayer.]

Quote of the Day: 6 May 2026 #QotD

“It's comforting to pretend that people more successful than you must be secretly bad people[.]” -@allie__voss
[Envy can be deadly. If not to our bodies, then certainly to our humanity.]

Quote of the Day: 5 May 2026 #QotD

“A given man may make a very bad husband; you cannot mend matters by trying to reverse the roles. He may make a bad male partner in a dance. The cure for that is that men should more diligently attend dancing classes; not that the ballroom should henceforward ignore distinctions of sex and treat all dancers as neuter.” -C. S. Lewis
[Men are men; women are women. It would be foolish to assume that one can fulfill the purposes of the other. There are plenty of instances where it makes little to no difference which one does a given thing, but that doesn't negate the myriad circumstances under which you need either a man or a woman.]

Quote of the Day: 4 May 2026 #QotD

“[N]o history is bad if it is true.” -Miguel de Cervantes
[It is better to know the truth than to delude ourselves into believing something that is false.]

Quote of the Day: 3 May 2026 #QotD

“At a fundamental level, charity certainly includes acts of compassion, kindness, and generosity directed toward others. But at a higher and even holier level, charity is the very essence of the ‘end’ toward which we are enduring—becoming new creatures in Christ.” -David A. Bednar

Quote of the Day: 2 May 2026 #QotD

“For the man of action there is nothing but idealism.” -G. K. Chesterton
[If you're all about getting things done, then you have to have an ethos by which to live. Otherwise, you'll be left to be directed by anything that comes along.]

Quote of the Day: 1 May 2026 #QotD

“Jealousy. Smells like regret only more bitter.” -Reichis, Charmcaster
[Happy May Day. Or, as productive people know it: another work day.]