“We are not made in a crisis. We are revealed.” Jack Kinder December 4, 1950 – Over North Korea: On an early December afternoon, Navy Ensign Jesse Brown and Navy Lt. Tom Hudner were part of a six-plane contingent launched from the USS Leyte to provide...
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” Norman Schwarzkopf December 20, 1943 – Somewhere Over Germany: U.S. Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown glanced outside the...
“When you start a thing, don’t quit until you finish it.” Henry Ford Sunday, May 8, 2008 – Camp Taqaddum, Fallujah, Iraq: U.S. Marine Colonel John Folsom, the base commander of the Marine 1st Combat Logistics Battalion, was accustomed to waking up to the sound of...
‘If you want to change the world, pick up your pen.” Martin Luther November 25, 1862 – The White House, Washington, D.C.: Abraham Lincoln wasn’t looking forward to meeting with anti-slavery activist Harriet Beecher Stowe. She had been openly critical in the...
“Don’t allow the tragedy of your youth to become a lifelong excuse. Where you start in life doesn’t have to dictate where you end up.” Hal Donaldson August 1969 – Concord, California: Hal Donaldson’s father, a young Assembly of God preacher, was killed in a...
“And then there is the love for the enemy – love for the one who does not love you, but mocks, threatens and inflicts pain. The tortured’s love for the torturer. This is God’s love. It conquers the world.” Frederick Buechner July 2000 –...
