William Borden - “No reserve! No retreat! No regrets!”

William Borden was a wealthy Christian growing up in Chicago as an heir of the Borden milk fortune. When he was in his first year at Yale University, he committed himself to reaching the Muslims of North India. He knew that money didn’t mean security so before he left, he gave away his inheritance of nearly one million dollars to various missions. He was in India for four months when he contracted spinal meningitis and was dead within weeks. He had scrawled on a piece of paper under his pillow the words, “No reserve! No retreat! No regrets!” (Source Unknown).