Birthday Poem
May your year be filled with health and love,And blessings flowing from above.May your path…
Life is a gift
A blind girl hated herself for being blind. She did not love everyone, except for the…
Stiff or Soft
Men are born soft and supple; dead , they are stiff, low and hard. Plants…
Fear or faith
Three men found that they could no longer sleep because of their deep-seated fears. Their…
Where is grandpa?
Story of a grandson who came to grandpa. Grandpa asks him “where is grandpa?” The…
Life is like a bicycle
When life is easy, it’s like going downhill on a bike. But real growth happens…
The power of habits
In 1965 a Hungarian man named Laszlo Polgar wrote a series of strange letters to…
Father with 2 noisy kids
A man is riding on a train from a hard day at work. Then another…
Looking for luck
Once upon a time, the unluckiest man in the world was sitting on a bench….
Saving Lives by Saving Time
This is a great motivational story about saving time. It teaches how to inspire and…
Pizza
Pizza always confuses me. It comes in a square box. Yet, when you open it…
If I Could Just Get Organized
There may be nothing wrong with you, The way you live, the work you do,…
How to Get to Heaven
A man with a dog walked on a long and tiresome road. He walked for…
Why Did You Spill The Coffee?
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you…
Not the Right Key
A man decided to go on a long journey. Since he was an old man…
Don’t Look Back
A woman was walking down the street. A man noticed her and started following her….
Puppets
Two friends were walking down the street. One of them complained to the other about…
In the Eye of the Beholder
Once upon a time, a terrible dragon settled beside a stream in the mountains. The…
How Legends Are Born
Once upon a time, there existed a city in which there were only two parallel…
How to Get the King’s Daughter
One king had only one daughter. When she was ten years old, she began to…
Dodo
An inspector of a hospital for the insane, saw that one of the patients was…
The Mind
Once upon a time, a traveler sat to rest under a tree. He didn’t know…
Always Different
There was a man who lived by the sea. Every morning, he left his house,…
A Spoon With Oil
A man sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from a sage. Forty…
The Stonemason
Once upon a time there lived a stonemason, who went to the mountains every day…
A Soldier of Fortune
A man once decided to go and find Fate. On his way, he met a…
Two Stones
Once upon a time there was a king who had a very beautiful daughter. The…
Clay
After God formed the first man from clay, he noticed that he still had a…
Whatever Happens, Happens for the Best
A peasant owned a beautiful purebred horse. One day, he ran away from the stables…
Most Difficult Thing to Draw
An artist was once asked: – Which is the most difficult thing to draw? He…
A Pair of Shoes
In ancient times, there lived a learned man. One day, he noticed that his shoes…
The Cockroach – A Funny Story About Making Conclusions
A scientist once decided to prove that the ears of the cockroach are located in…
Axe and Gloves – An Inspirational Story About Work Skills
An old man died and left everything he had to his three sons. The oldest…
Sheep – A Motivational Story About Leadership
A prince inherited a kingdom. And, like all kings, he had everything in abundance. But…
Not All at Once – An Inspirational Story About Teachers
One day a preacher entered a sermon hall to address his believers. But, this time,…
Useful Knowledge – A Motivational Story
In ancient times, there lived a man called Zhu. He heard that there was an…
The Cost of Good Work – An Inspirational Story About Results
One day a farmer’s tractor stopped working. His attempts to repair the tractor were not…
A Grain of Corn
One rooster rummaged in a pile of garbage from morning till night. – What are…
The Emperor and the Crane
A certain sage brought a glass of living water to an emperor and said: –…
The Royal Caravan
One day, a poor man appeared at the door of a royal palace. No one…
One Hundred or Two Hundred
Once upon a time, there lived one merchant. And like all merchants, he bought goods…
Greed Is an Expensive Thing
Before the judge stood a man convicted of bribes. The judge offered the accused to…
Transformation
There lived once two men. One of them was rich, and the other one was…
Don’t Look for the Guilty One
A long time ago, in a kingdom far away, there lived two knights who befriended…
The Fox and the Crane
The Fox and the Crane became friends. After a while, the Fox invited the Crane…
If—
by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing…
The One Who Is in the Pond
One day, the little Raccoon went into the woods to pick some sweet sedge for…
The Cow and the Cat – A Motivational Story About Friends and Foes
One cold winter day, a little bird was sitting frozen in the middle of the…
Mutual Help – An Inspirational Story About Compassion
A believer once went to the Prophet and asked to see heaven and hell. The…
The Broken Jug – A Story About Helpers
A small clay water jug stood on the stove. And in the corner of the…
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be…
The Donkey and the Horse
A horse and a donkey were once coming from the market. The donkey was carrying…
The Best Zoo in the Universe – Short Story About Perspective
Towards the end of August, a huge silver coloured spaceship came to Earth, carrying with…
The “Inexperienced” Expert – An Inspirational Story About Intelligence
In the early 1930s, an American manufacturing company sent an industrial machine to Japan. A…
Potato Garden
An old man lived alone in the country. He needed to plant his potato garden…
Finger – A Funny Story About Health
A patient complained to his doctor: – It seems to me, doc, that I will…
Difference between physical and spiritual
I once watched a teacher explaining to young children the difference between a physical possession…
A Husband for a Mouse
Once upon a time, in a family of ordinary mice, a baby mouse was born….
Worth While
An Inspirational Poem For Hard Times by Elia Wheeler Wilcox It is easy…
Invictus
An Inspirational Poem In the Face of Adversity by William Ernest Henley Out…
Thinking
An Inspirational Poem About Never Giving Up by Walter D. Wintle If you…
The By-Products of Life
It often happens that a by-product of a manufacturing process proves worthier than the original…
The Gift of the Magi
Delia and James were a poor couple in their 20’s living in a modest apartment….
The Dance
A True Story Without a Moral In Oriental Mythology, the second volume of his…
My Creed
by Edgar Albert Guest To live as gently as I can; To be, no matter…
The Muddy Road
Hara Tanzan was a Soto Buddhist monk who lived for most of the nineteenth century….
The Debt of a Fisherman
One day, a samurai went to visit a fisherman who had borrowed money from him…
In the Blink of an Eye
During the feudal Civil Wars of the nineteenth century, an army took over the control…
A Spider
One evening, as he was meditating, a young Tibetan monk suddenly noticed a small spider…
The Most Difficult Game of Chess
I. The Young Man Without a Purpose… Some time ago, a desperate young man headed…
In the Land of Dreams
I. Confucius and the Power of Dreams It is often said that, in his later…
Would You Mind Coming Back Tomorrow?
A Motivational Story About Dedication At the advice of his respected mentor, a young…
The Thief Who Became a Disciple
It was a quiet night when the prayers of a Buddhist monk, famous for always…
The Gates of Heaven
Inspirational Story About Anger and Remorse Once upon a time, a samurai warrior named…
The Consultant
A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW…
Elephant
There is a story about a man who, as he was passing some elephants, suddenly…
The blind beggar
An old blind man was sitting on a busy street corner in the rush-hour begging…
We are trees, living two lives at once.
We are trees, living two lives at once. One life breaking out through the soil…
Which way I ought to go from here?
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends…
Meaningful chat: lucky or unlucky?
Let’s say, for example, that you were in a bank as it was being robbed…
2 Apples
A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mom came in…
In mother’s womb
In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life…
The Carpenter
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to…
The Goldfish Tank
A boy had a goldfish. And the goldfish bowl got dirty with dirty water.So the…
The Mechanic and The Doctor
A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley motorcycle when he…
The King’s Challenge
A rich king is looking for a man to marry his daughter. He sets a…
Funny Morning Prayer
Dear Lord, So far I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped, haven’t lost my temper,…
Question For God
“I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how…
What Decision Really Means
Here is a short wish and toast about decision making: The Latin root of the…
The Parrots
Here is a story about respect and the value of leadership… One day a man…
Hidden Treasure
Four young men sit by the bedside of their dying father. The old man, with…
The Town Ahead
A man pulled up to a gas station in the country. He asked the gas…
3 Frogs – Riddle Story About Decisions
Question: There were once three frogs on a log and on of them made a…
The Problems Tree
A contractor that I hired to to do some repair work had just finished a…
Cracked Pots
A water bearer had two large pots, one hung on each end of a pole…
The Brick
A successful executive was travelling down a neighbourhood street, going fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for…
Mother’s Day Quotes and Toasts
A collection of mothers day quotes, stories and toasts that can be used by son,…
Airplane Tickets
Here is a time management story about airplane tickets. Consider for a moment the price…
Advice From A Sales Person
A young Salesperson had lost an important sale. He was very upset. When speaking about…
Name Worth Remembering
Here is a ‘remember quote’ that you can use as part of a toast when…
