Are they still Lunch Box Quotes if I don’t get them finished before lunch? Late nights, early mornings, and snowstorms. Work. Just work.
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 handwritten napkins. Today, I am going to have to solicit some help from the wife as she will be writing my notes for the next little while. I can publish, but require a little help on that end.
Visual credits to: Featured image – @Gitana1369877 Quotes: @realAtlasPress @readswithravi @KnightofValour @Mythos_Man
Quotes:
1. “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.” – Cicero
2. “Honor is not won in the clash of steel, but in the quiet choice to stand when all others kneel.” – Unknown
3. “When a tree falls, everyone hears the sound. But when a tree grows, no one hears it.” – Persian Proverb
4. “Sometimes the path is broken, not to stop you, but to make you look more closely at where you are standing.” – L.M. Browning or Maya Angelou, maybe.
Bonus quote for the wife: “Love gets in the way of death. Love is life. Every single thing I understand, I understand only because I love.” – Leo Tolstoy
Sources:
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.”
—Cicero pic.twitter.com/V9MPcRyISk
— Atlas Press (@realAtlasPress) February 22, 2026
‘Honor is not won in the clash of steel, but in the quiet choice to stand when all others kneel.’ pic.twitter.com/7iJqtR98IV
— KnightofValour (@KnightofValour) February 21, 2026
— Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi) February 21, 2026
“Sometimes the path is broken, not to stop you, but to make you look more closely at where you are standing.” pic.twitter.com/l57ljFfQtk
— Gitana (@Gitana1369877) February 21, 2026
“Love gets in the way of death. Love is life. Every single thing I understand, I understand only because I love.”
— Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace pic.twitter.com/XU1XF1UHyg
— Man of Myth (@Mythos_Man) February 21, 2026