Quote of the Day: 7 December 2023 #QotD

 

“[S]peaking as a parent and educator, I believe the first place for music and arts exposure is in the home.” -Sharlene Habermeyer

[This is really true of almost everything. If you aren't introducing your children to all kinds of domains of knowledge and experience, you are failing as a parent.]

Quote of the Day: 6 December 2023 #QotD

“Friendship is the greatest thing ever.” -Pig, Pearls Before Swine
[I can't disagree. I only wish I were better at being a good friend.]

Quote of the Day: 5 December 2023 #QotD

“Everybody was good at something. The only wicked thing was not finding out what it was in time.” -Tiffany Aching (thought), I Shall Wear Midnight
[But being good at something is, at least partially, a product of caring enough about it to be bad at it for a while first.]

Quote of the Day: 4 December 2023 #QotD

“It feels normal to you. It sometimes takes an outsider to point out how broken something is.” -Nikaro, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
[The perspective of someone outside the situation can be invaluable. You don't know what you don't know, until you are made aware of what you might know.]

Quote of the Day: 3 December 2023 #QotD

“Though choices may have taken you far away from the Savior and His Church, the Master Healer stands at the road that leads home, welcoming you.” -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Quote of the Day: 2 December 2023 #QotD

“I think geniuses should be given special considerations.” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes 
[Don't we all. Of course, we also all tend to consider ourselves among those genii to whom special consideration ought to be extended.]

Quote of the Day: 1 December 2023 #QotD

“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!” -Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol

[As we enter the Christmas season, this is a good thing to remember. It is something we should be mindful year round, but I would prefer any improvement to no improvement any time.]