It's What's Inside that Counts

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Beauty of Character

While many would not hesitate to say that great beauty is the characteristic that makes most women outstanding, several experts on the subject tend to ...

Biography from a Checkbook

In 1815 Napoleon was defeated in the battle of Waterloo, and the hero of that battle was the Duke of Wellington. The duke's most recent biographer ...

Psychology and the Bible

After many years of studying human behavior at one of the finest universities in the world, Harvard psychiatrist Robert Coles remarked, "Nothing ...

The Best Place to Learn

You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.

Character by Firelight

The supreme test of goodness is not in the greater but in the smaller incidents of our character and practice; not what we are when standing in the searchlight ...

Imitating the Real Thing

It should always be noted that the more excellent something is the more likely it will be imitated. There are many false diamonds and rubies, but who ...

You Look Perfect

One day I had a speaking engagement in Florida and I shared a table with three elegant young women. I felt fat, forty, and somewhat futile.

Suddenly and ...

Bad Influences

When I was a little girl my mother would often say to me, "Edith, I know just who you've been playing with today." She knew because I had ...

Victories Hard Won

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.