{"id":2080,"date":"2026-02-13T05:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:56:13","slug":"lunch-box-quotes-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=2080","title":{"rendered":"Lunch Box Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">It is a teacher&#8217;s work day, so no school for the littles, but I thought I would do this anyway. Number 1 is going to school, and there is nothing wrong with a healthy dose of mindset for a long weekend! It is really quiet in the morning without the hustle and movement of school. Even the cats are still this morning. I&#8217;m not sure if I like it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Typically, Lunch Box Quotes are notes I include in the kids\u2019 lunches every day. Number 1 gets a text, but 2-4 get handwritten napkins. Today, all digital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Visual credits to: Featured image \u2013 @woofknight &nbsp;Quotes: @realAtlasPress @PhilosophyDose_ @Mind_Essentials @Cozyreads_<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1. <em>&#8220;If you crush a cockroach, you&#8217;re a hero. If you crush a beautiful butterfly, you&#8217;re a villain. Morals have aesthetic criteria.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Friedrich Nietzsche<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2. <em>\u201cWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Aristotle<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3.<em> &#8220;Travel light, even yesterday is luggage.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Zen Proverb<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">4. <em>&#8216;To be happy, you must eliminate two things: the fear of a bad future and the memory of a bad past.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Seneca<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Bonus quote for the wife: <em>&#8220;I&#8217;d rather be a dandelion. Wild, stubborn, hard to kill. Sun-fed, bee-kissed, hard to control, yet full of wishes that outlive me. Unapologetic magic carried on the wind.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Unknown<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;If you crush a cockroach, you&#8217;re a hero. If you crush a beautiful butterfly, you&#8217;re a villain. Morals have aesthetic criteria.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Friedrich Nietzsche <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yo51tTcRxh\">pic.twitter.com\/yo51tTcRxh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atlas Press (@realAtlasPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realAtlasPress\/status\/2018799405139161480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Aristotle<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Dose of Philosophy (@PhilosophyDose_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilosophyDose_\/status\/2018623243964620837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TKVJ4Djn1O\">pic.twitter.com\/TKVJ4Djn1O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mind Essentials (@Mind_Essentials) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mind_Essentials\/status\/2018451867416830195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rT4kDKSSuA\">pic.twitter.com\/rT4kDKSSuA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cozyreads (@Cozyreads_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cozyreads_\/status\/2018367109093552496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e9kOAPKZDw\">pic.twitter.com\/e9kOAPKZDw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken (@woofknight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/woofknight\/status\/2018306335285072242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a teacher&#8217;s work day, so no school for the littles, but I thought I would do this anyway. 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