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Yogi – Monroe Journal – April 10, 2025
“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.”Winston Churchill July 1941 – St. Louis, Missouri: Yogi Berra, 16, and Joe Garagiola, 17, took the bus to...
A Bull Moose – Monroe Journal – April 3, 2025
“The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.” Roy T. Bennett October 14, 1912, 8 p.m. – Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Theodore Roosevelt was on his way to deliver a presidential...
Cuthbert – Monroe Journal – March 27, 2025
“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” Lou Holtz 1942 – Lyon, France: Klaus Barbie, the infamous chief of the Nazi Gestapo, first learned of the existence of...
Singing to the Chickens – Monroe Journal – March 20, 2025
Don’t let your dreams be molded by other people who don’t know what you are called to do. Dream big dreams that transcend you and ultimately trust God to help make those dreams come true. Arnold Allen March 1964 – Sevier County High School –...
Before Harry – Monroe Journal – March 13, 2025
“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” Zig Ziglar Late 1990 – Manchester, England: Jo boarded the late afternoon train bound for London’s King’s Cross Station only to learn that the train was delayed by four hours. At 25, she was divorced,...
Painting at 100 – Monroe Journal – March 13, 2024
“It is never too late to become what you might have been.” George Eliot 1860, Greenwich, New York: Anna Mary Robertson was born on a farm with five brothers and four sisters and did her share of the chores around the farm. With money scarce, her parents hired her out...
The Moment That Saved a Career – Monroe Journal – Feb 29, 2025
“I was just trying to make the world a little bit better. That’s what you are supposed to do with your life, isn’t it?” Pee Wee Reese July 23, 1918 – Louisville, Kentucky: Harold Peter Henry “Pee Wee” Reese was born on a muggy summer afternoon. He was so...
Wilma’s Fairytale – Monroe Journal – Feb 20, 2025
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” Wilma Rudolph September 7, 1960, Olympic...
Chief Anderson’s Monumental Flight – Monroe Journal – February 17, 2025
“Never let the odds keep you from pursuing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” Satchel Paige April 11, 1941 – Tuskegee Institute – Tuskegee, Alabama: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited the Moton...
Singing in the Back of the Bus – Monroe Journal – Feb 6, 2025
“Sometimes, when you lose your way, you find yourself.” Mandy Hale 1968 – Nashville, Tennessee: The crowd fell deathly silent when 27-year-old Charley Pride walked onstage. They stared at the singer. Charley tipped his hat, “Ladies and gentlemen, I realize it’s...
