“Do not go where the path may lead. Go where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson January 11, 2012 – Mt. Kilimanjaro – Tanzania, Africa: 25-year-old Kyle Maynard lay in his tent at 6,400 feet and cried. His shoulders ached so badly he...
Six Decades Later “The bookends of success are starting and finishing.” Dr. John Maxwell 2009, New York City: Pete Hamill, the distinguished Writer in Residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University, made the New York Times “400 Most...
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in a world they’ve been given than to explore their power to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. It’s a dare.” Muhammad Ali March...
“Great works are performed, not by strength but by perseverance.” Samuel Johnson April 26, 1878 – Oxford University, Oxford, England: “Mr. Murray, what are your...
“Creation is the Lord’s providence; the man who made this invention was touched by God.” Peter Schoeffer August 1454 – Frankfurt, Germany: Johann Gutenberg took his Bibles to the Autumn Fair, a two-week trade...
“Don’t listen to those who say, ‘It’s not done that way.’ Maybe it’s not, but you’ll do it anyway. Don’t listen to those who say, ‘You’re taking too big a chance.’ Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, which would surely be rubbed out today.” ...
