“Courage is one thing. A sense of purpose another. When you put them together in one human being, the world can be changed.” John Brown Christmas night, 1956 – Birmingham, Alabama: The late-night explosion reduced the small house to shambles and rattled...
“Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.” Edward R. Murrow May 20, 1990 – Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas: The Hubble telescope team of scientists, astronomers, engineers and physicists eagerly awaited the first pictures from the...
“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 ...
“When you start a thing, don’t quit until you finish it.” Henry Ford Sunday, May 8, 2008 – Camp Al-Taqaddum, Falujah, Iraq: U.S. Marine Colonel John Folsom, the top-ranking officer on the base was accustomed to waking up to the sound of helicopter rotors. But on...
“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” John Wooden 1933 – Dayton High School – Dayton, Kentucky: The sports editor of the Dayton High School yearbook was critical of the first-year basketball coach. “A discouraging season,” the annual said...
