“Washington was not a brilliant strategist. He made serious mistakes. He learned from his experiences, and above all, he never forgot what was at stake and he never gave up.” David McCullough December 25, 1776 – Eastern...
“You can’t change the past. You can only change the path you are on.” Ramona Pierson April 1984 – El Toro, California: Ramona Pierson took her dog for a run after work. As they jogged across an intersection a drunk driver, who sped through the light, hit them. The dog...
“How it is, isn’t how it has to be – it is simply how it is right now. Your possibilities are as limitless as your dreams.” James Richardson 1985 – Pensacola, Florida: At midnight, 13-year-old Jimmy Wayne Barber sat alone in the bus...
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. My advice to other disabled people would be concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with....
“The biggest lesson I ever learned was while drifting on a raft in the South Pacific for 24 days with my buddies. If you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to complain about anything.” Eddie...
“When you set out to do something great, most people will not see what you see. Don’t allow their version of how your life should turn out to affect you. You will have to do what they are not willing to do.” Andy Andrews 1972 – Jacksonville...
