One of the things I hate seeing most in my job is when people get in their heads, let doubt creep in, and can’t handle the silence in the woods. It isn’t supposed to be easy. Learn to suffer, persevere, and don’t make the decision for us. There are always good kids who go home early, not because we didn’t choose them, but because doubt and the unknown became too heavy a burden to bear.
As a reminder, Lunch Box Quotes are notes I include in the kids’ lunches every day. Number 1 gets a text, and 2-4 get handwritten napkins.
Visual credits to, Featured Image: @CowboyGospeler
Quotes: @DailySowell @Wordofwise_ @Mythos_Man @arealmofwonder
Quotes:
1. “Most people who read ‘The Communist Manifesto’ probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of ‘the workers.’” – Thomas Sowell
2. “The only effective solution against evil and violent people, are good people more skilled in violence.” – Bushido (Japanese Code)
3. “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” – Aristotle
4. “It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; and that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
Bonus Quote: “Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” – Romans 5:3-4
Sources:
“Most people who read ‘The Communist Manifesto’ probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of ‘the workers.’”
— Thomas Sowell
— Thomas Sowell Daily (@DailySowell) May 3, 2026
“The only effective solution against evil and violent people, are good people more skilled in violence.”
— Bushido (Japanese Code) pic.twitter.com/lAM9n9ZVy2
— Words of Wise | Mindset Coach (@Wordofwise_) May 3, 2026
“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”
— Aristotle pic.twitter.com/bgJo1jqVkB
— Man of Myth (@Mythos_Man) May 4, 2026
“It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; and that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult.”
~ Rainer Maria Rilke 🌿 pic.twitter.com/zYBoXlZsdO— Cian McCarthy (@arealmofwonder) May 2, 2026
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope
⏤ Romans 5:3-4 pic.twitter.com/JFf3vcZLfH— Cowboy Gospeler (@CowboyGospeler) May 3, 2026