Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 10, 2008
Dale Earnhardt said, following one race, “I cried a little bit in the race car on the way to the checkered flag. Well, maybe
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 10, 2008
JIMMY'S RANCH
When Jimmy was a little boy, he wanted to be a cowboy. He spent countless hours in front of the television, watching reruns of "Gunsmoke" and "Bonanza." He just knew that someday he would live on a ranch, wear a big cowboy hat, and ride the range just like all his cowboy
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 13, 2008
"HE DID SEE IT."
Walt Disney was a pioneer in the field of entertainment, producing movies with actors and with animation. Near the end of his life, Disney directed the purchase of 43 square miles of virgin land--twice the size of Manhattan Island--in the center of the state of Florida.
There
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Contributed by Hal Seed on Sep 4, 2008
The story of Roger Bannister is legendary in the annals of sports history. (Author's suggestion: Google, "Roger Bannister picture" and capture the Sports Illustrated cover there for your PowerPoint show.) On May 6, 1954, Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier. People said it was humanly
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Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Sep 9, 2008
Michael Jordan averaged 32 points per game over his 15 years in the NBA. A reporter asked him how he was able to maintain such a high average and he replied, "I simplify the matter. It takes only takes eight points per quarter to score 32. I find a way every quarter to simply get those eight
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 14, 2008
Running For Dinner Or For Life
The reason you do what you do is all important. There is an old fable about a dog that boasted of his ability as a runner. One day he chased a rabbit and failed to catch it. The other dogs ridiculed him on account of his previous boasting. His reply was, "You must
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 14, 2008
How Badly Do You Want It?
In pursuing a righteous goal, Les Brown said: "If you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it, to work day and night for it, to give up your time, your peace, and your sleep for it … if all that you dream and scheme is about it, and life seems useless and
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Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 1, 2008
FAMOUS FIRSTS
Let me share with you some of famous firsts that have happened throughout history.
Virginia Dare 1587 --- 1st child born in the American colonies, on August 18th, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina.
André-Jacques Garnerin 1797 --- 1st parachute jump. Dropped from about
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"When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that
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Its a funny thing you work all your life toward a certain goal and them
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"If you stare into the mirror each morning, having no meaningful goals for the day, not even expecting to accomplish anything
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"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do
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An oxcart is as useless to a man as a rocket ship if he does not
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If you're bored with life you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do
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