by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 17, 2025 | Adversity, Crazy Ideas, Refusing to Quit
“You have been created so that you might make a difference.” Andy Andrews 1951 – Westport, Connecticut: Marion Donovan sat in the product development office of a large paper company. She was meeting with paper companies across the country to show them her prototype...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 22, 2025 | Iron-willed, Refusing to Quit, Rising Above Circumstances
“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...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 27, 2025 | Refusing to Quit, Success, Underdogs
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...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 9, 2024 | Determination Despite the Odds, Miracles, Refusing to Quit
“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...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2024 | Overcoming Obstacles, Refusing to Quit, Trail Blazer
“Great works are performed, not by strength but by perseverance.” Samuel Johnson April 26, 1878 – Oxford University, Oxford, England: “Mr. Murray, what are your...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 6, 2024 | Long Shots, Miracles, Perserverance, Refusing to Quit
“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...
