“Lord, forgive me for the days when I was not thankful.” Gravestone in Louisville, Kentucky Saturday, August 1, 2009 – Cypress, Texas: Usually Shirley Dygert avoided risk.When her son Will decided to go skydiving to celebrate his 30th birthday, she pleaded with...
“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,...
“Whatever my lot thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul.” Horatio Spafford November 24, 1873 – Chicago, Illinois: The French luxury steamship SS Ville du Havre sailed...
“When you’re going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill November 14, 1970 – Huntingdon, West Virginia: It remains the worst tragedy in American sports history. On a rainy, foggy Saturday night, Southern Airways Flight 932 was bringing the...
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all those around me seemed insufficient to the day.” Abraham Lincoln January 1864 – Andersonville...
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as the expectation of something tomorrow.” Orison Swett Marden Early 2005, Pershing Park – Los Angeles, California: Steve Lopez, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times...
