Children Who Can Delay Gratification Become More Successful

Around 1970, Walter Mischel launched a classic experiment. He left a succession of 4-year-olds in a room with a bell and a marshmallow. If they rang the ...

Ants Teach to Benefit Others

Research has revealed that worker ants sacrifice time and efficiency in order to teach other ants how to find food—a practice that is beneficial ...

Father Struggles with Patience

A young father in a supermarket was pushing a shopping cart with his little son, who was strapped in the front. The little boy was fussing, irritable, ...

Man Passes Driver's License Test After 271 Failures

Seo Sang-moon figured he would eventually be able to pass his driver’s license examination. And indeed, he did—on his 272nd attempt. After clearing ...

Medals Awarded 60 Years Late

Eighty-one-year-old Peter Furtak of suburban Chicago served as a private first class in the 9th Armored Division during World War II. During an operation ...

Lighthouse Built Between the Tides

Eleven miles off the east coast of Scotland, in the North Sea, stands the Bell Rock Lighthouse. It has endured the ferocious onslaught of the North Sea's ...

Courtney Love Must Stand in Line

Rock star Courtney Love isn't used to waiting in line. She's used to the fame that came with her marriage to mega-star Curt Cobaine of the rock ...

WD-40 Teaches Persistence

The following is an object lesson on persistence:

Text: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we ...

VeggieTales CEO on Misinterpreting God's Will

After losing an $11 million lawsuit, Big Idea Productions Inc., creator of VeggieTales, announced that it filed for bankruptcy and sold its copyrights ...

Training for the Finish Line

When asked what running track taught him about patience, pastor Wayne Cordeiro of New Hope Christian Fellowship O'ahu answered:

Impetuous young athletes ...