Lunch Box Quotes - The Cognitive Warrior Project

I don’t drink Metamucil for the taste, and the dog peed on the floor. My Wednesday just Mondayed me.

Since I have been writing these, the traffic on this blog has ticked up considerably, and the two leading countries that read this are the U.S. (naturally) and China (interestingly). On the sidebar, if you click on the main site, there is a Popular Posts column, and two articles have been climbing the list: Visualizing the Fortifications in the South China Sea, January 24, 2025, and Daily Dump: China dominates the Caribbean, Their Own, and Redraws the Map, September 4, 2023. Both are okay, but I find it interesting that those are the two that have been moving up the leaderboard. Just an observation.

As a reminder, Lunch Box Quotes are notes I include in the kids’ lunches every day. Number 1 gets a text, but 2-4 get a handwritten napkin. Now, since they pack their own lunches, I write about them here.

Quotes:

1. “The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. “When in doubt, head into the wind.” – Max Brand

3. “A disciplined mind is more dangerous than any blade.” – Unknown

4. “Your habits whisper your future long before you speak it.” – Unknown

Sources:

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— Wisdom (@Wisdom_HQ) November 1, 2025

When in doubt, head into the wind.
⏤Max Brand (1921) pic.twitter.com/W1iidO2BKB

— Cowboy Gospeler (@CowboyGospeler) November 4, 2025

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— Wisdom (@Wisdom_HQ) November 4, 2025

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