They Said:

They said it was impossible for man to fly,
so the Wright Brothers took to the air.
They said a deaf man could not hear music,
so Beethoven listened to his heart.
They said a man's brawn equaled his courage,
so Audey Murphy went to war.
They said a black man should keep quiet,
so Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed away.
They said a blind man would never read,
so Louis Braille created his own vocabulary.
They said a woman should know her place,
so Mother Theresa stood in the shadows.
They said a man should stay down to earth,
so Neil Armstrong took a walk.
They said wealth produced all beauty,
so Michelangelo painted a ceiling.

They said many things,
so those who followed their own path -
made all the difference.