Matthew 4: 1-11 The challenge of taking tests starts rather early in......
Edison's best-known adage appears in various forms, the shortest being his comments to an interviewer that "genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration," his reply to a question a...
It sounds like a story someone made up, but the story is true. In 1890 in the Australian Supreme Court a witness testified that he saw a lady fall in the street. But he testified that he did not help ...
A penitent monk single-handedly carved steps in the stones leading to the top of Mt. Sinai where Moses received the Law from God. There are 1,360 steps to the pinnacle. Pilgrims still climb those step...
This is an illustration from the movie Big Fish, courtesy of MovieMinistry.com: The Big Idea: Knowing the future makes you fearless. Scene Setup: Early in his life, Edward believed that he had seen ho...
As a mother was walking with her 4-year-old daughter, the girl picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth, and Mom told her not to do that. ...
The name of Curtis G. Lloyd is famous in botanical and pharmaceutical circles. The Lloyd Library in Cincinnati, Ohio, is named for him and his brother. He is buried in his hometown of Crittenden, Kent...
Shirley MacLaine, who claims to have spent times in past lives as a monk, a Russian ballet dancer, a male court jester, her own daughter's daughter, a harem dancer, a Brazilian voodoo practitioner, a ...
What Money Can't Buy Money can buy a bed but not sleep, a hammer but not a carpenter, "things" but not friends, a toy but not a child's happiness, a pen and paper but not an author, a pencil but not a...
Alan Loy McGinnis, in Bringing Out the Best in People, writes: A proven motivator will make it to the top before a proven genius. When Andrew Carnegie hired Charles Schwab to administer his far-flung ...
These are actual quotes taken from Job Performance Reviews: "I would not allow this employee to breed." " This associate is really not so much of a has-been but a won't be." "Works well under constant...
Harold Sherman quite awhile ago, wrote a book entitled How to Turn Failure Into Success. In it he gives a "Code of Persistence." If you give up too easily, write this down and read it daily. 1. I will...
On May 2, 1962, a dramatic advertisement appeared in the San Francisco Examiner: “I don't want my husband to die in the gas chamber for a crime he did not commit. I will therefore offer my services fo...
William Carey had to overcome great odds to obey the call of God. In The Challenge of Life, Oswald J. Smith noted that "even the Directors of the East India Company opposed [Carey's] work. Following i...
Safely Home Eric Barker, a missionary from Great Britain spent over 50 years in Portugal preaching the Gospel, often under adverse conditions. During World War II, the situation became so critical tha...
Beatitudes for Children's Workers Blessed are they who love children with all their hearts, for they shall be rewarded with hugs and smiles. Blessed are they who have planned and prepared, for the ch...
A guest at a hotel was in a hurry to check out when he realized he did not have his briefcase. He went to the bellboy and said, "Would you please hurry to room 1203? I think I left my briefcase there....
Someone has defined tact as "dealing with others as we would have them deal with us." The word comes from the Latin term tactus and means "to touch."...
David Jeremiah notes that, "One of the better known treasure hunts in modern times has been the quest to find the rumored wealth known as the "Beale treasure." The hunt began when an eccentric man, wh...