Get away day. I am always ready to be home but this is also the worst day here.
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:
Quotes: @BearGrylls @JockoQuoteDb @latinedisce @arealmofwonder @Gitana1369877
Quotes:
1. “So often in the modern world, we develop hard hearts and soft feet. God wants the exact opposite. Soft hearts and hard feet.” – Bear Grylls
2. “Moral courage is a far rarer commodity than physical courage… I have known many officers who were physically brave, but who did not have the intestinal fortitude to organize the chaos around them.” – Dick Winters
3. Quaerite et invenietis — “Seek and you shall find.” – Vulgata
4. “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bonus Quote: “To meet you was a fate; to become your friend was a choice; but to fall in love with you was beyond my control.” – Gitana
Sources:
So often in the modern world we develop hard hearts and soft feet. God wants the exact opposite. Soft hearts and hard feet. pic.twitter.com/DdfRk3dYv9
— Bear Grylls OBE (@BearGrylls) May 17, 2026
Moral courage is a far rarer commodity that physical courage… I have known many officers who were physically brave, but who did not have the intestinal fortitude to organize the chaos around them. — Dick Winters
75-1:19:07 pic.twitter.com/EdvZiN1of8— Jocko Quote Database (@JockoQuoteDb) May 17, 2026
Quaerite et invenietis — “Seek and you shall find.” pic.twitter.com/odxmfwCvlg
— Learn Latin (@latinedisce) May 16, 2026
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
~ Ralph Waldo EmersonMorning (1916) 🎨 Elioth Gruner pic.twitter.com/yTKmLkSRDw
— Cian McCarthy (@arealmofwonder) May 14, 2026
“To meet you was a fate; to become your friend was a choice; but to fall in love with you was beyond my control.” pic.twitter.com/wfgOaO16Ka
— Gitana (@Gitana1369877) May 16, 2026