“It only took a moment for someone to look at a piece of paper and categorize me as someone who could not learn, and I believed them. It took another moment for someone to look at me and tell me differently. Thankfully, I believed them too, and my life changed. Don’t...
“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon Sunday, January...
“Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcomed. It is an intruder and a thief, and yet in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which His supernatural power is demonstrated.” Charles Stanley April 1820 – Putnam, New York: The...
“You are to pay special attention to those who by accident of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.” St. Augustine Labor Day, September 1, 1986 – New York City: Laura Schroff, a 35-year-old USA Today ad executive, had...
“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 November 2, 1937 – Sing Sing Prison – Ossining,...
January 27, 1986 – Morton Thiokol Plant – Brigham City, Utah: In the early afternoon, Bob Ebeling called Allan McDonald, the Morton Thiokol engineer in charge of the solid rocket project at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Ebeling pleaded with McDonald to...
