“It’s not where you start that’s important, it’s where you finish.” Mamie McCullough Fall 1952 – Dixie, Georgia: In the early morning, 22-year-old Mamie McCullough left...
“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.”Winston Churchill July 1941 – St. Louis, Missouri: Yogi Berra, 16, and Joe Garagiola, 17, took the bus to...
“Never let the odds keep you from pursuing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” Satchel Paige April 11, 1941 – Tuskegee Institute – Tuskegee, Alabama: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited the Moton...
“Courage is taking one more step in the face of adversity. Blaze a trail for others to follow.” Bob Wieland 1983 – Roswell, New Mexico: The thermometer read 105 degrees as Frosty Woolridge, who was biking...
“Great works are performed, not by strength but by perseverance.” Samuel Johnson April 26, 1878 – Oxford University, Oxford, England: “Mr. Murray, what are your...
