151 Inspirational Tales

A baby named Sidney Poitier was born in Miami, Florida, while his Bahamian parents were on vacation there. Little Sidney returned to Bahamas where he grew up on his father’s tomato farm. When the farm failed, Sidney’s father decided to send him to the United States of America to earn a living. Thus, the teenager […]

Ben was reading a book. However, his little daughter, Jane, was distracting him every now and then. To keep her busy, he tore a page on which the map of the world was printed. He tore it into pieces and said, “Go to your room and put them back together to make the map again.”

Alexander was a little boy who was always fascinated by sound. His mother was almost deaf and his father worked with deaf people, helping them to learn to speak. Alexander played the piano for his mother and helped her follow a conversation by tapping a code on her arm. He grew up to be a

Once, a farmer lost his watch in the barn. He said sadly, “That watch was a gift from my grandpa!” After searching for hours, he gave up and requested a group of children to help him. “I will reward whoever finds the watch,” he promised the children. The children searched the entire stack of hay

Long ago, a couple, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, had a baby-boy in their one-room log cabin. They fondly named him Abraham. As Abraham grew up, he faced failure many times. When he was 21, his business failed and he faced huge losses. At the age of 22, he was defeated in a legislative race. Then,

Once, there was a clever boy called Rick. He swelled with pride because all his science projects were amazing. Everyone said so. Rick poked fun at others, saying, “I am as good as a top scientist. What good are you boys?” One day, Rick was going to his class when a big door appeared before

Polly was scared of the dark. She believed that once there was complete darkness, monsters would enter her room. So, she never switched off the lights of her room. Polly’s parents wanted her to overcome her fear. So, one day, her father hid in her wardrobe, with a sheet draped over him. As Polly got

Walt Disney’s childhood hobby was sketching cartoons. So, he started his own company at the age of 19, drawing cartoons of the creatures from his childhood. However, Walt Disney faced many challenges. He had no money to pay the rent, so he lived with his friends. Many days, he had nothing to eat. Even though

Sandy was a troubled child. The bigger boys would beat him up and eat his lunch. When he decided to complain, the boys warned him, “It will be worse if you complain!” One day, Sandy went to the park, sad and helpless. He was sitting on the bench when he saw a wasp. He became

The world-famous Albert Einstein was a genius, but he did not show such promise in his childhood. He did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven. Einstein’s teachers and parents thought that he was mentally challenged, a slow learner and a difficult communicator. What they did not know

Wendy was deaf. She was loved by everyone, but hardly anyone played with her. Children feared she might get hurt playing the games. The elders thought she would not understand them, so a very few tried to communicate with her. Thus, Wendy felt lonely and sad. One day, Wendy’s friend Molly convinced the elders to

In 1910, a baby-girl was born in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Her parents named her Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. When Agnes was 18 years old, she left home to become a missionary with the Sisters of Loreto. Soon, she travelled to India to teach in a school. She also took her vows as a nun and

Long ago, a boy called Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Germany. When Beethoven was young, his strict father would beat him fiercely for trivial mistakes. He was often criticised for handling the piano awkwardly. Even his teachers called him ‘a hopeless composer’. As he grew up, Beethoven did not get any support or praise

Once, many insects lived in a beautiful garden. A beautiful butterfly was proud of her good looks and bragged all the time. One day, a usually patient cockroach became annoyed with her and said, “I challenge you to compete with me in a beauty contest.” The butterfly laughed and said, “I will surely win! So,

In 1880, a little girl named Helen Keller was born much to the delight of her parents. Unfortunately, she fell ill with the dreaded scarlet fever. Her mother nursed and saved her life, but the fever left her blind and deaf. Helen was sad. However, when she turned seven, a young blind woman named Annie