{"id":2101,"date":"2026-02-20T05:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2026-02-20T05:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:56:21","slug":"lunch-box-quotes-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=2101","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=\"\">Dad would have been 91 yesterday. It&#8217;s been 32 years, not sure why he&#8217;s been on my mind so much the past month or so. Maybe it&#8217;s watching my own kids grow up, or because I&#8217;m a little tired from the grind of work. Or, because I have an inclination for sad songs&#8230; If these lines from the Turnpike Troubadours don&#8217;t get ya, I&#8217;m not sure anything will.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Back on the red river, not hard to remember<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When your daddy wouldn&#8217;t ever get old<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When I saw the world from up on your shoulders<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I remember the view, when you live like we do<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Death doesn&#8217;t leave with the best part of you<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As a reminder, 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, I am going to have to solicit some help from the wife as she will be writing my notes for the next little while. I can publish, but require a little help on that end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Visual credits to: Featured image \u2013&nbsp; Quotes: @DearS_o_n @Mythos_Man @QuoteNietzsche @SenecaQuote<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Turnpike Troubadours - On The Red River (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XQHX6Gt9e-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1. <em>&#8220;If there is even a 1% chance. FIGHT.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Unknown<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2. <em>&#8220;The mark of a man begins with where he aims.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Man of Myth<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3. <em>\u201cI know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Friedrich Nietzsche<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">4. <em>\u201cDifficulty is what wakes up the genius.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Bonus quote for the wife: <em>&#8220;They say love saves, but it is love that teaches man how deeply he can bleed without dying.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Marcus Aurelius<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BE A MAN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NMH8MbOkrv\">pic.twitter.com\/NMH8MbOkrv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dear Son. (@DearS_o_n) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DearS_o_n\/status\/2024402513634410612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 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\">The mark of a man begins with where he aims. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EZhVZ0Oy6O\">pic.twitter.com\/EZhVZ0Oy6O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Man of Myth (@Mythos_Man) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mythos_Man\/status\/2024556408461807772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">when Nietzsche said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3tfkitql4S\">pic.twitter.com\/3tfkitql4S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Friedrich Nietzsche Notebook (@QuoteNietzsche) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuoteNietzsche\/status\/2024576504634487273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 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\">\u201cDifficulty is what wakes up the genius.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nassim Nicholas Taleb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rMuOLkU98y\">pic.twitter.com\/rMuOLkU98y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/readswithravi\/status\/2024603344908480921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><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\">what a line <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eDT1n4Rp8w\">pic.twitter.com\/eDT1n4Rp8w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seneca the Younger (@SenecaQuote) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenecaQuote\/status\/2024434806344290558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dad would have been 91 yesterday. It&#8217;s been 32 years, not sure why he&#8217;s been on my mind so much the past month or so. Maybe it&#8217;s watching my own kids grow up, or because I&#8217;m a little tired from the grind of work. 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