It is a teacher’s work day, so no school for the littles, but I thought I would do this anyway. Number 1 is going to school, and there is nothing wrong with a healthy dose of mindset for a long weekend! It is really quiet in the morning without the hustle and movement of school. Even the cats are still this morning. I’m not sure if I like it.
Typically, Lunch Box Quotes are notes I include in the kids’ lunches every day. Number 1 gets a text, but 2-4 get handwritten napkins. Today, all digital.
Visual credits to: Featured image – @woofknight Quotes: @realAtlasPress @PhilosophyDose_ @Mind_Essentials @Cozyreads_
Quotes:
1. “If you crush a cockroach, you’re a hero. If you crush a beautiful butterfly, you’re a villain. Morals have aesthetic criteria.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
2. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
3. “Travel light, even yesterday is luggage.” – Zen Proverb
4. ‘To be happy, you must eliminate two things: the fear of a bad future and the memory of a bad past.” – Seneca
Bonus quote for the wife: “I’d rather be a dandelion. Wild, stubborn, hard to kill. Sun-fed, bee-kissed, hard to control, yet full of wishes that outlive me. Unapologetic magic carried on the wind.” – Unknown
Sources:
“If you crush a cockroach, you’re a hero. If you crush a beautiful butterfly, you’re a villain. Morals have aesthetic criteria.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche pic.twitter.com/yo51tTcRxh
— Atlas Press (@realAtlasPress) February 3, 2026
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle
— Daily Dose of Philosophy (@PhilosophyDose_) February 3, 2026
— Mind Essentials (@Mind_Essentials) February 2, 2026
— Cozyreads (@Cozyreads_) February 2, 2026
— Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken (@woofknight) February 2, 2026