A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle..

Some time ago we heard a strange story. The pilot of a small plane said that he had been caught in a one hundred fifty mile gale, which held his plan….

The will of a wealthy New York woman, in addition to distributing her worldly goods to her children, left them the following advice: Love one another….

The Metropolitan Museum of Art some time ago held a display of contemporary art at which $52,000 was awarded to American sculptors, painters, and art….

My center is giving way, my right is pushed back, my left is wavering. The situation is excellent. I shall attack!.

A young man, just beginning the study of musical composition, once went to Mozart and asked him the formula for developing the theme of a symphony. M….

When Babe Didrickson Zaharias, often called the 'athletic phenomenon of all time,' won the British woman's gold tournament, people said of her what t….

Hope opens doors where despair closes them..

A man on a hiking trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains came to the top of a hill and saw, just below the crest, a small log cabin. Its aged owner wa….

A high-school girl, seated next to a famous astronomer at a dinner party, struck up a conversation with him by asking: "What do you do for a living?"….

During a rehearsal of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the members of the orchestra were so overwhelmingly moved by the conducting of Arturo Toscanini that….

Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his l….

In one of the decisive battles of World War I, disastrous reports poured into the headquarters of Marshal Foch, the commander of the Allied forces. T….

Some time ago I took a trip on the Hudson and Manhattan Transit System. Not being familiar with the names of the various stops, I asked the man next ….

As she read the ten commandments for the first time, a Chinese woman said, "I don't see how anyone can very well get on without them.".

One day, the Devil decided to go out of business. His tools, therefore, being for sale, were put on display; and Malice, Jealousy, and Pride were soo….

Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot..

A psychologist once asked a group of college students to jot down, in thirty seconds, the initials of the people they disliked. Some of the students ….

Hope lights a candle instead of cursing the darkness..

A young lady had only one complaint about her good husband: "My husband always praises me to other people," she said, "Often I hear from friends the ….

What this country needs is more people to inspire others with confidence, and fewer people to discourage any initiative in the right direction more t….