151 Inspirational Tales

Once, a boy was playing in a park. He found a pot lying on a bench. When he went closer, he saw that the pot was filled with peanuts, but it had a narrow neck. Seeing the peanuts, the boy’s mouth started watering. He put his hand into the pot and held as many peanuts […]

One day, a saint and his disciples were out on a journey. They were going to a nearby village to preach. On the way, they saw a pond full of fish. The saint stopped at the pond and started filling his mouth with fish. The disciples followed their master. The saint said nothing to them,

One day, Toto, a nine-year-old boy, was going back home from school with his grandfather. They were about to cross the road, when a car went by without halting at the zebra crossing and almost hit them. Toto thought that he had to do something, because he had noticed that cars did not respect the

Once upon a time, there were two girls, Sophie and Lucy. Sophie was very popular, but was also very rude. Lucy was a quiet girl and nobody in the class liked to talk to her. One day, Lucy and Sophie were alone in the class. Sophie told Lucy, “Hey, you look so ugly; that is

Once upon a time, there was a child named Charlie who really loved studying. One day, his teacher scolded him because he was late to school. The next day, Charlie was late again, and the teacher warned him that this should not happen again, else she would punish him. Charlie stayed quiet. The next morning,

There was, once, a very kind princess living in a castle. Her stepmother used to hate her. The princess was very kind to the animals and almost all the animals in the nearby jungle were her friends. The stepmother always wanted to harm the princess and once hired a killer to do away with her.

Once, there were two little brothers, Bob and Coco. Bob loved pranks, while Coco was very cautious and careful. Coco always greeted his parents in the morning while Bob loved waking up late. One weekend, both the brothers asked their parents if they could go out and play. “Dad and Mom! Please allow us to

Once upon a time, a selfish man lost thirty gold coins. One of his friends, a kind man, was coming to meet him. He found thirty gold coins on his way. When the kind man arrived at the selfish man’s house, the selfish man told him about his gold coins. The kind man immediately gave

One day, an old man thought of teaching the lesson of life to his four sons. So, he sent them each on a quest, one by one, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer,

One evening, two friends were walking down a beach at sunset. As they walked, they noticed that an old man was picking up starfish washed up on the beach and throwing them back into the water. They were quite surprised. They approached the man and asked, “Good evening, Uncle. What are you doing?” “I am

There was once a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker, every day. One day, the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound or not. He found that the butter weighed less than a pound. This angered him and he took the farmer to the

Gabriel was a famous sculptor. His sculptures looked quite real. One night, he dreamt that after fifteen days, the demon of Death would come to take him. Gabriel prepared nine statues of himself and when, on the 15th day, he heard the demon of Death coming, he took his place among the statues. The demon

Once, a man was passing through a farm. He saw a few elephants and he suddenly stopped. He saw that the large creatures were tied with just a small rope on one of the front legs of each of the elephants. They were not tied by any chain, nor were they caged. He thought these

God has created everything. He wants all His creations to live in harmony. It is believed that the Creator once said to His messenger, the donkey, “Let every creature on Earth know that they should be kind and loving to everyone else, as they are brothers and sisters! They will flourish in harmony!” Halfway to

Ryan was a very strong warrior. He left the king’s army to take care of his old blind mother. Ryan was devoted to his mother. She, too, loved her son a lot. The king wanted Ryan to join back his army. One day, the king sent some of his soldiers to bring Ryan back to