Former President Ronald Reagan says he learned the
need for decision-making early in life. An aunt had taken him to a cobbler to
have a pair of shoes made for him. The shoemaker asked young Ronald Reagan, “Do
you want a square toe or a round toe...
A young man
applied for a job as a farmhand. When asked for his qualifications, he told the
farmer about his previous experience then said, “I can sleep when the wind
blows.” This puzzled the farmer, but he took a liking to the young man and...
It is not the
critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man
stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to...
A young couple moved into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating
breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbor hanging her wash to dry. “That
laundry is not very clean,” she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly.
Perhaps...
A fourteenth-century Italian stained-glass artist was
summoned to design and create a huge portrait for the window of a cathedral in
Chartres, France, a place well known for its stained-glass work. He laid all of
the pieces he was going to use...
W. B. Riley used to tell the story
of a man who had walked the streets of Philadelphia searching for employment.
One day he happened to go into the office of a well-known businessman by the
name of Girard. When he asked for a job, Mr. Girard...
Joe Theismann was an outstanding quarterback for the Washington Redskins for twelve years. He led the team to the Super
Bowl twice—winning in 1983 and losing the next year. A leg
injury forced him to retire in 1985, but he was known as the...
A sign in a bank lobby reads: “Please note that this bank is installing
new drive-through teller machines enabling customers to withdraw
cash without leaving their vehicles. Customers using this new
facility are requested to use the procedures...
In the Washington DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007, a man
with a violin played six Bach pieces for about forty-five minutes. During that time
approximately two thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way...