As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a private. Later, he failed as a businessman. As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to find success. He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be [...]
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Never Give Up
Posted: 1st April 2012 by admin in Inspirational Stories, Positive ThinkingTags: Inspirational Stories, Never Give Up, Positive Thinking
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Can science and faith work together to save lives?
Posted: 31st March 2012 by admin in Inspirational Stories, Moral StoriesTags: faith, Inspirational Stories, Moral Stories, science
Each year 100,000 sick Ethiopians visit Entoto Mountain, drawn by the promise of its holy healing water. Many of them refuse “Western Medicine”, concerned that taking the drugs would put them at odds with their religion. Dr. Solomon Zewdie and Patriarch Abune Paulos joined forces to convince the pilgrims that they don’t need to choose [...]
Take A Smile
Posted: 15th March 2012 by admin in Inspirational StoriesTags: Inspirational Stories, Photo, Smile, Take
Keep Believing in Yourself!
Posted: 10th March 2012 by admin in Inspirational Stories, Moral Stories, Must ReadsTags: Believing, Inspirational Stories, Keep, Moral Stories, Must Reads, Yourself
There may be days when you get up in the morning and things aren’t the way you had hoped they would be. That’s when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. There are times when people disappoint you and let you down. But those are the times when you must remind yourself [...]
Inspirational Quotes
Posted: 3rd March 2012 by admin in Inspirational Stories, QuotesTags: Inspirational Quotes, Inspirational Stories, Quotes
I have Learned…
Posted: 2nd March 2012 by admin in Inspirational Stories, Must ReadsTags: I, Inspirational Stories, Learn, Life, Must Reads
I’ve learned- that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. I’ve learned- that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back. I’ve learned- that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to [...]
Believe in Yourself
Posted: 25th February 2012 by admin in Inspirational Stories, Positive ThinkingTags: Believe, Inspirational Stories, Positive Thinking, Yourself
Learn from Mistakes
Posted: 25th February 2012 by admin in Inspirational Stories, Positive ThinkingTags: Learn, Light bulb, Mistakes, Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.” Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are [...]
Things Change by Alex W. Miller
Posted: 23rd February 2012 by admin in Inspirational StoriesTags: Alex W. Miller, Change, Things
For most people, graduation is an exciting day – the culmination of years of hard work. My graduation day… was not. I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to watch our class walk across that stage. But like everyone else in my graduating class, I [...]
What I Learned In Africa
Posted: 22nd February 2012 by admin in Inspirational Stories, Must ReadsTags: Africa, Henning Mankell, Learned, Swedish, Tiina Nunnally
I ended up in Africa because the plane ticket there was cheapest. I came and I stayed. For nearly 25 years I’ve lived off and on in Mozambique. Time has passed, and I’m no longer young; in fact, I’m approaching old age. But my motive for living this straddled existence, with one foot in African [...]