One Season of Hope

 

One Season of Hope by Jim Stovall
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A wonderful book by Jim Stovall. This is suppose to be a series on Historical fiction. It combines elements of an inspirational novel with a historical retrospective. This one is about a high school football coach who has a player with a terminal disease. The coach gets his inspiration from Harry S. Truman. Other books that hopefully will be in the series are:

The Will to Win - A Tale of Humor and Perspective from Will Rogers High School

Making Your Mark - A Story of Wit and Wisdom from Mark Twain High School

Top of the Hill - A saga of Wealth and Success from Napoleon Hill High School

The Making of a King > - An Adventure in Tolerance and Forgiveness from martin Luther King, Jr. High School

The Building of a Dynasty - A Novel of Champions and Victory from John Wooden High School

This book, One Season of Hope, is full of Harry S. Truman's quotes. I very much enjoyed reading it. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys, football, inspiration, or history. I trust the following quotes will inspire you the way they inspired me.

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know. ~Harry S. Truman
The buck stops here. ~Harry S. Truman

I never played high school football, but if it were me, I would get there early, keep my mouth shut, and do what I was told. ~Jim Stovall

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. ~Harry S. Truman

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves . . . self-discipline with all of them came first. ~Harry S. Truman

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. ~Harry S. Truman

If you can read this, thank a teacher. ~Harry S. Truman

I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. When you’ve done the best you can, you can’t do any better. ~Harry S. Truman

I shall continue to do what I think is right, whether anybody likes it or not. ~Harry S. Truman

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities, and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. ~Harry S. Truman

There are a lot of things we cannot control, but two things we can always control are our effort and our attitude. ~Jim Stovall

If you do anything less than your best, you not only let the guy next to you down, but you make it easier to be mediocre again next time. ~Jim Stovall

Different people are put on this earth for different reasons. For some individuals, there is no higher calling than being a parent, a carpenter, a banker, a pilot, or an accountant. Each of those professions require dedication and devotion. There are certain poignant moments in every human endeavor that epitomize who we are and why we’re on this earth. ~Jim Stovall

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. ~Harry S. Truman

Tact is the ability to step on a man’s toes without messing up the shine on his shoes. ~Harry S. Truman

I hope you can understand that there are times, if you’re going to be who you need to be, you have to learn what you don’t know. ~Jim Stovall

I hate times in life when lying seems more comfortable and convenient than telling the truth. It’s like my grandfather used to tell me about fishing lures. The brightest, shiniest ones have the sharpest hooks. ~Jim Stovall

Sometimes, if you’ll give away what you lack, you’ll get what you need. ~Jim Stovall
It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job. It’s a depression when you lose yours. ~Harry S. Truman

When even one American who has done nothing wrong is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all Americans are in peril. ~Harry S. Truman

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. ~Harry S. Truman

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. ~Harry S. Truman

Actions are the seeds of fate. Deeds grow into destiny. ~Harry S. Truman

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. ~Harry S. Truman

We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are. ~Harry S. Truman

Human life is something that comes to us from beyond this world. The purpose of our society is to cherish it and to enable the individual to attain the highest achievement of which he is capable. ~Harry S. Truman

In a free society, the rules are the servants, and the people are their superiors and their sovereigns; and, therefore, for the former to return to the latter was not to degrade them, but was to promote them. ~Benjamin Franklin

Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer you today may curse you tomorrow, and only one thing endures – character. ~Harry S. Truman

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