The first attempt to dig the Panama Canal across the Isthmus of Panama was made by a French company. Thousands of men and tons of machinery tackled the remote mountains and thick jungles.

A park ranger at Yellowstone National Park was leading a group of hikers to a fire lookout. The ranger was so intent on telling the hikers about the animal life and vegetation along the way that he thought the noise coming his two-way radio was distracting, so he switched it off.

No language has as many words for joy and rejoicing as Hebrew does. In the Old Testament, thirteen Hebrew roots, found in twenty-seven different words, are used primarily for some aspect of joy or joyful participation in religious worship.

A friend once asked me, “If a man speaks in the middle of the woods and his wife is not around to hear him, is he still wrong?" What do you do when you are wrong? Or does that never happen?

Two men were mountain climbing, while one fell into a deep crevice. The other called down, “Are you OK?” “I think so,” came the distant response. “Anything broken?” “No.” “Are you hurt?” “No.” “Can you climb back up?” “Not yet.” “Why not?” “I’m still falling!”

Benjamin Franklin learned with his experiments that plaster helps make things grow better. He told his neighbors, but they did not believe him. They argued with him, saying that something inorganic like plaster would be of no use to grass or grain.