by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 16, 2024 | Perserverance, Persistence
“It doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” Confucius Early June 1994 – Laurens, Iowa: Frances Straight held the letter as she approached her husband. “Alvin, I’ve got some bad news. Your brother, Henry, has had a serious stroke. June isn’t sure...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 29, 2024 | Adversity, Never Quit, Persistence
My father was right when he said the lessons that I learned on the Heard Elementary School football field would result in success someday.” Andy Andrews August 1971 – Dothan, Alabama: After several of his 6th grade buddies decided to try out for the Heard...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 17, 2023 | Compassion, Persistence, Refusing to Quit
“When you start a thing, don’t quit until you finish it.” Henry Ford Sunday, May 8, 2008 – Camp Taqaddum, Fallujah, Iraq: U.S. Marine Colonel John Folsom, the base commander of the Marine 1st Combat Logistics Battalion, was accustomed to waking up to the sound of...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 1, 2023 | Long Shots, Overcoming Adversity, Persistence
“There’s an entrepreneur right now who is making excuses about starting a business. There’s no such thing as a good time to start. Get out of your garage, take a chance and start your business.” Kevin Plank 1997 – Washington, D.C.: Kevin Plank’s...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 26, 2022 | Perserverance, Persistence, Refusing to Quit
“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody.” Henry W. Longfellow March 26, 1969 – New Orleans, Louisiana: Ken Toole, a 31-year-old English professor,...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 16, 2021 | Perserverance, Persistence
“I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail, I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult… I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any...
