“A calling is not some carefully crafted plan. It’s what’s left when the plan goes horribly wrong. It is the thing you can’t not do.” Jeff Goins 1960s – Athens, Alabama: Susie Scott hated her childhood. She grew up on a farm in rural Morgan County,...
“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” Lou Holtz April 1932 – Butcher Holler, Kentucky: The Webbs couldn’t afford the hospital 10 miles away in Paintsville, so...
“You can’t always choose the path that you walk in life, but you can always choose the manner in which you walk it.” John O’Leary January 17, 1987 – St. Louis, Missouri: John O’Leary had watched older kids in his neighborhood playing with fire....
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to always try one more time.” Thomas Edison March 1, 1963 – University of Colorado Hospital – Denver, Colorado: On a beautiful early spring...
“God will not look us over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars.” Elbert Hubbard Pea Island, North Carolina, June 1878: Station No. 17, the Pea Island Life Saving Station, was...
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” Sir Edmund Hillary December 2011, Mt. Kilimanjaro Base Camp, Nalemoru, Tanzania: The porters and guides gawked and giggled. They called her Mama Kubwa, Swahili for ‘big woman.’ At 300 pounds, Kara Whitely...
