Children are like chickens; you can open the door to the coop, but one always roosts in the trees. I just made that up. Chickens are interesting animals, and for the most part, if they get out of the chicken shed, all you have to do is open the door. Then, just before it gets dark, all of them go back in on their own. But there is always one that makes you climb the trees to go after them. So children really are like chickens.
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.
Visual credits to: @ksorbs @CoachDanGo @Pergament_F @StoicRise @_theorthodoxway
Quotes:
1. “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” – George Orwell
2. “It couldn’t be that bad if it hasn’t motivated you to fix it.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger (Read the entire quote below)
3. “One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.” – Carl Sagan
4. “It’s only when you don’t know yourself that other people’s opinions become important.” – Cindy Arnold
Bonus Quote: “Most people are not atheists. They just replaced God with their ego.” – St. Sophrony Sakharo
Sources:
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”
—George Orwell— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) November 30, 2025
Anytime I feel like complaining I remember this: pic.twitter.com/u5upohCVLQ
— Dan Go (@CoachDanGo) November 29, 2025
“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”
Carl SaganCalm evening pic.twitter.com/LhOxgTpBxH
— Sophia Proneikos (@Pergament_F) December 1, 2025
— StoicRise (@StoicRise) November 28, 2025
“Most people are not atheists. They just replaced God with their ego.”
– St. Sophrony Sakharov pic.twitter.com/dpPJyZsQGI— TheOrthodoxWay (@_theorthodoxway) November 28, 2025