“The fact of being an underdog changes people in way that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable.” Malcolm Gladwell 1926 –...
“Each time we face what man has said cannot be done, we face a choice: will we choose to accept the seemingly impossible? Or will we choose to defy it? It is those who make the latter, tougher decision who inspire us to attempt the impossible.” ...
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.” Booker T. Washington July 1987 – Kingston, Jamaica: Devon Harris saw the flyer on the bulletin board. “Dangerous and...
“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it generation after generation.” Pearl S. Buck September 21, 1913 – U.S. Open Golf Tournament – Brookline, Massachusetts: It was the kind of...
“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...
You must never think about whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need and how to meet it.” Clara Barton Christmas...
