What a Life!

Stu Leonard, Sr., 93, was a retail dairy pioneer. He died Wednesday April 26, 2023.

Quotable Quotes:

"A customer who complains is my best friend."

"Rule 1: The customer is always right. Rule 2: If the customer is ever wrong, reread Rule 1." "If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent."

0400Herb Douglas, 101, was the oldest Olympic medalist. He died Saturday April 22, 2023.

Quotable Quotes:

'We all came here on different boats, but if we all don't row together, America will sink.' I'm going to do all I can to keep it afloat."

"When you get to this age, what is the most important thing? It's not always money. It's memories."

Ron Hamilton, 72, was a Christian music composer best known as "Patch the Pirate." He died April 19, 2023. Quotable Quotes: "Not a lot of Christian pirates around. I'm about the only one. It's a lot of fun."

"Many people would see the loss of my eye and the need for wearing a patch as a great trial. But I see it as one of the greatest blessings of my life. It reminds me that God teaches us the greatest lessons in the deepest valleys."

Burney Mattinson, 87, was Disney's longest-tenured employee, completing just shy of 70 years of service. He died February 27th 2023 Quotable Quotes:

"Ever since I saw that film (Pinocchio), this was my dream, to work in this business. So I worked every day, drawing."

"Animation is 75 percent thinking and 25 percent drawing."

"The important thing to remember about good animation is that less is more. Moving the characters too much is the sign of a real amateur."

Dr. Charles Stanley, 90, was pastor of First Baptist Atlanta for 50 years and founder of In Touch Ministries. He died Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

Quotable Quotes: "Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him."

"You always have God's undivided attention."

"Hellen Keller was blind and deaf when she graduated from college with honors. So what's your problem?"

"I've found that at any age, and especially when you are my age, you have to keep planning and having goals."

Robert Trotman, 82, was a swim coach committed to introducing the sport to those who would otherwise never have an opportunity to learn how to do it. He died March 22, 2023. Quotable Quotes:

"My thing has always been that I will give you what you need, and you work for what you want."

"You get a child before he's 10," Robert said, "give him the training and inspiration to win, and then you'll see a swimmer."

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." – Winston Churchill.

George Verwer, 84, was a Christian evangelist and founder of Operation Mobilization, a ministry dedicated to reaching people in faraway places. He died Friday April 14, 2023.

Quotable Quotes:

"We who have Christ's eternal life need to throw away our own lives."

"I believe the reason many Christians are so dull and lifeless in their faith is because they are not in the battle, not using their weapons, not advancing against the enemy."

"Without Holy Spirit boldness, the world will remain unevangelized... there can never be a substitute for the power of the Spirit working through willing men and women, and that power will bring boldness."

Virginia Norwood, 96, was the "Mother" of satellite imaging systems. She died March 27, 2023.

Quotable Quotes:

"I never had doubts about the MSS, because I designed it and knew it would work."

"It was all fun. And when something is fun, you just keep at it."

"[Don't] accept other people's negativity. If somebody says, 'You can't do it,' I sort of prick up my ears and decide that I'll do it."

Leon Levine, 85, was the founder of Family Dollar. He died April 5, 2023.

Quotable Quotes:

"You quickly learned the customer is the most important person."

"A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world." – John le Carre

Harry Lorayne, 96, was a memory wiz and teacher. He died Friday April 7, 2023.

Quotable Quotes:

"You cannot possibly remember anything you do not observe; and it is extremely difficult to observe or remember anything that you do not want to remember, or that you are not interested in remembering."

"In Order to Remember Any New Piece of Information, It Must Be Associated to Something You Already Know or Remember in Some Ridiculous Way."