I heard the most incredible testimony last night in our church group, and if there was a simple way to sum it up, it would be something like this: When you act as an ambassador of the Lord, every branch you pick up in service of others matters. Every sign or t-shirt matters. Repeated opportunities at outreach matter. If you serve, others will follow. Stay in the fight, keep your eyes on the Lord; you never know when that small action might create a big move in someone else’s heart.
Lunch Box Quotes are notes I typically include in the kids’ lunches every day. Since Number 1 is off in college, he gets a text, and Numbers 2-4 get handwritten notes on napkins. However, the adjustment to the back-home schedule has been particularly rough, so texts for all except Number 4, she gets a note.
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Quotes:
1. “The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions, but to destroy the capacity to form any.” – Hanna Arendt
2. “Not to be turned away from it by any difficulty is fortitude.” – St. Augustine
3. “Do not be afraid to go forward slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” – Saint Augustine
4. “The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win. Everyone wants to win, but not everyone wants to prepare to win.” ― Coach Bobby Knight
Bonus Quote: “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” – Dolly Parton
Sources:
The phrase “the banality of evil,” coined by Hannah Arendt in her 1963 report on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, describes how enormous crimes can be carried out not by demonic villains or raging ideologues, but by ordinary, even mediocre people who stop thinking. Arendt portrayed… pic.twitter.com/VmAILX213q
— Eric Schwalm (@Schwalm5132) September 9, 2026
Not to be turned away from it by any difficulty is fortitude.
-St. Augustine pic.twitter.com/GwoSDOyCST
— Pascal (@KnowsPascal) September 6, 2026
“Do not be afraid to go forward slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
—Saint Augustine pic.twitter.com/D7tfPPPAPY
— Become A Saint (@BeSaintly) September 6, 2026
“The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win. Everyone wants to win but not everyone wants to prepare to win.”
― Coach Bobby Knight pic.twitter.com/PZX6JRXOIs
— Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi) September 6, 2026
Rest in Peace 🙏🏻✨️
“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.”
~ Dolly Parton pic.twitter.com/SpOKljqEjp— Cian McCarthy (@arealmofwonder) August 25, 2026
Dolly Parton carried the music, stories and spirit of her Tennessee mountain home wherever she went. She was a lifelong champion of the Great Smoky Mountains and proudly shared her love for them with the world.
While we may no longer see her working 9 to 5, we will always love… pic.twitter.com/9CMx6M3giO
— U.S. Department of the Interior (@Interior) August 25, 2026