Lunch Box Quotes – Summer Edition

The grind of the summer job is getting to Number 2. He was late for work this morning, and he clearly didn’t want to hear my opinion on the matter. I can’t say that I blame him. No one wants someone sniping at them when they already know they are wrong. When I went to bed last night, I considered setting my alarm to the time he was supposed to be up but decided not to because he stayed out later than we told him to. Responsibility is hard-earned, and I don’t believe in holding my kids’ hands…. And it was a 1:00 a.m. wake-up, which was a comfort-based decision on my part. I am not going to put myself on a pedestal and pretend my mom didn’t occasionally wake me up for school or work when I was in High School. She did. But I also wake him and the others up on occasion. So, my question to other parents out there – and I am genuinely asking- is: Should I have gotten up early to make sure he got to work on time? What would you have done?

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 for the Summer Edition, we will be searching for consistency and hopefully a routine. Today, texts for 1 and 2, notes written in Sharpie on their snack bag for 3 and 4.

Visual credit to – Featured Image: @film20archive @ChristianSomora

Quotes:  @HistoryWJacob @Gentleman_Ways @Mothermary0012 @OldHollowTree

Quotes:

1. “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” – Alexander Hamilton

2. “The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.” -Aristotle

3. “Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.” – Saint Joan of Arc

4. “Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.” – Saint Joan of Arc

Bonus Quote: “The world you can actually touch is the one you can cultivate.” – Ryan B. Anderson

Sources:

In 1774, a loyalist writer calling himself “A Westchester Farmer” published a pamphlet telling the colonies to calm down, stay loyal and trust Parliament.

He was answered by a teenage college student nobody knew. He wrote anonymously. He was nineteen years old, an orphan from… pic.twitter.com/6xACfJzt3r

— History With Jacob (@HistoryWJacob) July 30, 2026

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.”

-Aristotle pic.twitter.com/joYzVnGNqU

— The Ways of A Gentleman (@Gentleman_Ways) July 30, 2026

“Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.”

Saint Joan of Arc pic.twitter.com/eIACZR1P23

— MotherMary (@Mothermary0012) May 9, 2026

A lot of forces want you focused on the distant and abstract.

You know why?

The world you can actually touch is the one you can cultivate. pic.twitter.com/oeAv23zxA2

— Ryan B. Anderson (@OldHollowTree) July 28, 2026

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Reality is beautiful. https://t.co/GLvUZSUkIF

— O.W. Root (@owroot) July 28, 2026