“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...
“As the traveler who has lost his way throws his reins on his horse’s neck and trusts the animal’s instinct to find his road, so must we do with the Divine…who carries us through this world.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Silverton,...
“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 June 1940 – Clarksville,...
“The fact of being an underdog changes people in way that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable.” Malcolm Gladwell 1926 –...
“Life was hard in the hood. Things were challenging, sometimes devastating, but I made it through. I am proof that your circumstances don’t have to determine your destiny.” Tinesha...
