Beethoven Writes Great Music Though Deaf

Widely regarded as the greatest composer ever, Beethoven began losing his hearing at age 31 and was completely deaf 16 years later.

As he became more and ...

"Alive": Hope Amidst Despair

Alive, with Ethan Hawke, is the true story of a Uruguayan rugby team, whose plane crashes in the Andes mountains in 1972. The film portrays the struggle ...

Hope After Disaster on Everest

English explorer George Mallory dreamed of conquering Mount Everest. He organized an expedition, but it failed. A second attempt also failed. A third ...

Surgical Nurse Stands By Her Conviction

Denis Waitley writes in "Your Absolute Bottom Line":

A true story: in the operating room of a large, well-known hospital, it was the surgical ...

Steve Fossett Persevered to Set World Record

Steve Fossett, the Chicago millionaire, soared into the record books by becoming the first person to fly around the world in a hot air balloon solo. After ...

Daughter Encourages Mountain-Climbing Father

Idaho businessman Don Bennett was the first amputee to climb to the summit of Mount Rainier. That's 14,410 feet, on one leg and two crutches!

During ...

Jonathan Edwards's Commitment to Resolutions

Jonathan Edwards, the 18th-century revivalist, sat down at age 17 and penned 21 resolutions by which he would live his life. He added to this list until, ...

"Remember the Titans": Willingness to Endure Hardship

Remember the Titans, a movie based on the true story of a 1971 Alexandria, Virginia, football team, offers a message of racial reconciliation. Early in ...

"The Straight Story": Yearning for Reconciliation

The movie The Straight Story is based on a true story and chronicles the pilgrimage of a 73 year-old man to mend a broken relationship with his brother, ...

Working to Death

Sherman James, an epidemiologist [someone who researches epidemic diseases] at the University of Michigan, describes a personality type named John Henryism. ...