“If at first you don’t succeed, you’re normal. Life is tough, but so are you. Keep dancing and dreaming.” Kid President September 1983 – New York City: He had planned to go to the New York City taxi authority and try to get his...
“Never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large, or petty, never give in, except to convictions of honor or good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” Winston Churchill ...
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” Walt Disney 1923 – Kansas City, Missouri: Walt applied for a job as a cartoonist at the Kansas City Star newspaper....
“I’ve had plenty of ups and downs and disappointments in my career. The story of my life has been people telling me what I can’t do. You’re not a strategic manager. You can’t handle pitchers. After a while, I quit listening to folks tell me what I can’t do.”...
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” Sir Edmund Hillary December 2011, Mt. Kilimanjaro Base Camp, Nalemoru, Tanzania: The porters and guides gawked and giggled. They called her Mama Kubwa, Swahili for ‘big woman.’ At 300 pounds, Kara Whitely...
“Say your dreams out loud. If you want something bad enough, say it out loud, even if you whisper it in the bathroom mirror. Dreams have a way of coming true.” Hoda Kotb May 1986 – Morgantown, West Virginia: Hoda had her Virginia Tech journalism degree, her VHS...
