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Daily Dose of Inspired Wisdom for Quote Lovers.
May 28.
On
this day in 1888, Jim Thorpe was born. Thorpe (left) was among the greatest
athletes of the first half of the 20th century. In fact, King Gustav
V of Sweden told Thorpe: "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." Many
agreed. In 1912, Thorpe won both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic
Games. In the same year, he led his Carlisle Indian School football team to the
national collegiate championship. He went on to play both professional football
and professional baseball. In 1950, the press selected Thorpe as the outstanding
athlete of the first half of the 20th Century. He died in 1953.
Today, in honor of the great Jim Thorpe, we examine greatness. Enjoy.
About
Greatness…
“They are only truly great who are truly good.”
George Chapman
“There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness and truth are absent.”
Leo Tolstoy
“Not a day passes over the earth that men and women of no note do great
deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows.”
Charles Reade
“There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced
by circumstance to meet.”
William F. “Bull” Halsey
“The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance
of circumstance.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We are very near to greatness: one step one step and we are safe: can we
not take the leap?”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today’s Bible Verse
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
Proverbs 16:3 NIV
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