It is quite an accomplishment to be the first person to do something. To earn an opportunity. To have a company see something in you to create a spot for doing something they have never done before. First high school intern for Monteith. Number 2 starts his internship today. Proud of you, buddy.
Typically, Lunch Box Quotes are notes I include in the kids’ lunches every day. Number 1 gets a text, and 2-4 get handwritten napkins, but with the school year over, we will be searching for consistency and hopefully a routine. Today, all texts.
Visual credit to – Featured Image: @latinedisce
Quotes: @realAtlasPress @johnkonrad @readswithravi @fraveris
Quotes:
1. “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” – Gustav Mahler
2. “The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude but fast in sinking the unfit.” – Captain Felix Riesenberg
3. “Without commitment, you will never start. Without consistency, you will never finish.” – Denzel Washington
4. Crux mihī ancora — “The Cross is my anchor.” – Learn Latin
Bonus Quote: “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James
Sources:
Basically the Save the West battle cry by Gustav Mahler pic.twitter.com/SgNts2PoEv
— Atlas Press (@realAtlasPress) May 25, 2026
“The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude but fast in sinking the unfit,” Captain Felix Riesenberg https://t.co/CCOibSGEQJ
— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) May 19, 2026
“Without commitment, you will never start. Without consistency, you will never finish.”
— Denzel Washington pic.twitter.com/HOQtYjOswf
— Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi) May 30, 2026
Crux mihī ancora — “The Cross is my anchor.” pic.twitter.com/0HoUdLRnrb
— Learn Latin (@latinedisce) May 23, 2026
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
― Henry James
Painting by Jeremy Miranda, Summer Interior pic.twitter.com/7KfPdnLp79
— Francisco Ribeiro (@fraveris) May 30, 2026