“…and this is Debbie.”
Late nights and early mornings. The grind is real, but the turn is just ahead.
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: @Rainmaker1973
Quotes: @DailySowell @Gentleman_Ways @BearGrylls @KnowsPascal @Lovandfear
Quotes:
1. “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” – Thomas Sowell
2. “To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one’s comrades. It is to feel…that one is contributing to the building of the world.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
3. “The gap between good and great is what you do when nobody is watching.” – Bear Grylls
4. “Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.” – St. John Henry Newman
Bonus Quote: “And love is when someone who even knows your scars, stays to kiss them.” – Benjamin Griss
Sources:
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.”
— Thomas Sowell
— Thomas Sowell Daily (@DailySowell) May 6, 2026
“To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one’s comrades. It is to feel…that one is contributing to the building of the world.”
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry pic.twitter.com/4knJZebaRC
— The Ways of A Gentleman (@Gentleman_Ways) May 7, 2026
The gap between good and great is what you do when nobody is watching.
— Bear Grylls OBE (@BearGrylls) May 5, 2026
Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.
-St. John Henry Newman pic.twitter.com/LY3MGXELUt
— Pascal (@KnowsPascal) May 7, 2026
“And love is when someone who even knows your scars, stays to kiss them.”
— Benjamin Griss pic.twitter.com/cLSGTc2KjS
— 🍂 (@Lovandfear) May 5, 2026
Photographer Shaaz Jung captured a rare and enchanting moment: An elephant, deep within the mist-shrouded forest, stood in quiet communion with a tiny bird perched on his tusk. pic.twitter.com/OSCtIt4Z86
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 6, 2026