“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Leo Buscaglia December 10, 1941 – North Platte,...
“In the end, it’s not about what you have or what you accomplished. It’s about who you lifted up, who you’ve made better, what you have given back.” Denzel Washington September 1958 –...
“Not only can you overcome your weaknesses, but sometimes they even transform into your greatest strength.” James Earl Jones 1945 – Dixon Rural Agricultural School – Brethren, Michigan: Donald Crouch, the new ninth grade English...
“It only took a minute for someone to look at an evaluation and categorize me as someone who couldn’t learn. And I believed them. It took another minute for someone to tell me different. Thankfully, I believed them, too.” Les Brown 1957 – Liberty City,...
August 12, 1888 – Mannheim, Germany: In the early morning, Bertha Benz and her two sons, Eugen (15) and Richard (13), quietly pushed the motorwagen out of the workshop and only started it when a safe distance from the house. Bertha left a note on the kitchen table for...
Christmas 1943 “And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest and the world seemingly most indifferent.” Taylor Caldwell August 1943 – U.S.S. North Carolina – South Pacific Ocean:...
