The Secret of Carl Lewis

After winning the gold medal for the long jump in the 1996 Olympic games, Carl Lewis was asked by Bryant Gumbel on The Today Show: "You have competed ...

The Secret of Tenacity

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

- Louis Pasteur discoverer of the principles of vaccination, ...

Giving Critics the Best Answer

Colonel George Washington Goethals, the man responsible for the completion of the Panama Canal, had big problems with the climate and the geography. But ...

A Flag of Rags

In the final years of our imprisonment, the North Vietnamese moved us from small cells with one or two prisoners to large rooms with as many as 30-40 ...

The Memory of Jim Bakker

Think of Jim Bakker at PTL. Whether you liked him or not, tens of thousands of people would tell you that they were tremendously blessed and encouraged ...

Dealing with Difficult People

Coping with difficult people is always a problem, especially if the difficult person happens to be yourself.

The Need to Develop Perseverance

We need to develop the ability to persevere even when the rewards are few and the accolades none.

Watch that Second Step

In matters of forgiveness, as in all other virtues, the first step (forgiving) is comparatively simple compared to the second (reconciling). Hell is always ...

"I Will Make a Man Out of Myself"

Long ago an ambassador to Germany, Andrew White, who was the president of Cornell University and later taught at the University of Michigan, had a student ...

Miraculous Healing Is a Small Thing

A miraculous healing from chicken pox is a small thing compared to the grace that keeps me loving, kind, and caring into the wee hours of the morning.