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.]