Inspiring Short Stories
A management consultant, on holiday in a fishing village, watched a little fishing boat docked at the quayside. Noting the quality of the fish, the consultant asked the fisherman how long it had taken to catch them. “Not very long.” answered the fisherman. “Then, why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more?” asked the consultant. The [...]
Orpheus lived his life simply and carelessly until the day he met Eurydice. She was a Dryad, and when they fell in love it meant everything to them. But the rustic god Aristaeus saw Eurydice’s beauty and desired it, and did not care that she was unwilling and in love with another. She ran from [...]
Watermelon vs Walnut One day Nasreddin Hodja was working in his little watermelon patch. When he stopped for a break, he sat under a walnut tree and pondered. “You Sublime Allah,” he said, “it’s your business, but why would you grow huge watermelons on weak branches of a vine, and house little walnuts on a [...]
Long ago, in a hermitage, there lived a great sage. One day, as he sat down to have his lunch, a mouse fell from the beak of a crow, on the ground near him. He picked the mouse up, took him inside the ashram and fed him some rice. One day, the sage saw a [...]
The thought came to a certain king that he would never fail if he knew three things. These three things were What is the best time to do each thing? Who are the most important people to work with? What is the most important thing to do at all times? And this thought having occurred [...]
You can learn lot of lessons from animals. You should learn 1 quality each from the lion and the crane, 4 from Cock, 5 from crow, 6 from dog and 3 from donkey. Kautilya, Chankya and Vishngupta are three name of same person. Chankyas works were produced during the period 321 BC to 290 BC. [...]
“LET me hire you as a nurse for my poor children,” said a Butterfly to a quiet Caterpillar, who was strolling along a cabbage-leaf in her odd lumbering way. “See these little eggs,” continued the Butterfly; “I don’t know how long it will be before they come to life, and I feel very sick and [...]
Once there was a little daisy that grew outside a garden. The proud flowers of the garden looked down upon the daisy as nobody could see her there. But the daisy was very happy bathing in the sun. One day, a lark came and sat on a tree. The peonies, who were very large, and [...]
Once there lived a poor Scottish farmer, his name was Fleming. One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry from a nearby wet muddy ground. He dropped his tool and ran to that bog. There, he saw a terrified boy stuck to his waist in that black [...]
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