Marie Skłodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, to a family of teachers who believed strongly in education. She moved to Paris to continue her studies and there met Pierre Curie, who became both her husband and colleague in the field of radioactivity. The couple later shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. Marie was widowed… Continue reading We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained!
Category: Biographies
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away!
Elvis Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer, actor, and cultural icon, widely regarded as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in a modest household and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, as a teenager. His music career began at Sun Records in 1954, blending… Continue reading Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away!
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts!
Winston Churchill was born in England and was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. After a brief career in the army, he became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. He held many high posts in Liberal and Conservative governments during the first three decades of the century. At the outbreak of the Second World War,… Continue reading Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts!
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance!
Coco Chanel lived her life as she alone intended. The trials of a childhood as an orphan and the successes of an accomplished businesswoman gave birth to an extraordinary character; daring, free, and ahead of her time. Faithful friendships and passionate love affairs, as well as a thirst for culture, discovery and travel helped shaped… Continue reading Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance!
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!
If courage had a face, it would be the visage of a man in full, magnificently complicated yet fully evolved, both mythic but real to the touch. Courage would look like a world heavyweight champion, a conscientious objector, an activist, a diplomat, and a humanitarian. Courage would be Muhammad Ali. In the ring, Ali possessed… Continue reading Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!
That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up!
Walt Disney was born in Chicago in 1901. He developed an early interest in drawing. He studied art as a child and became a commercial illustrator at the age of 18. In the early 1920s, he relocated to California and founded the Disney Brothers Studio with his brother Roy. In 1928, he co-created the character Mickey… Continue reading That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up!
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up!
One of the outstanding geniuses in the history of technology, Thomas Edison earned patents for over a thousand inventions, including the incandescent electric lamp, the phonograph, the carbon transmitter, and the motion picture projector. He also created the world’s first industrial research laboratory. Born in Milan, Ohio, Edison was an inquisitive child. He found the… Continue reading Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up!
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly!
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. His parents, Joseph Patrick and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, had high expectations for all their children and instilled in young John the importance of public service. “Now Jack,” his father wrote in a letter one day, “I don’t want to give the impression that I am a nagger,… Continue reading Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly!
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality!
The Beatles were a highly influential English rock ‘n’ roll band from Liverpool. They are the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful pop music band in music history. The innovative music and style of John Lennon (1940–1980), Paul McCartney (b. 1942), George Harrison (1943–2001), and Ringo Starr (b. 1940) helped to define the 1960s, and they continue to be well regarded for… Continue reading A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality!
The Self in you is the same as the Self Universal!
Annie Besant was a prominent British social reformer, women’s rights activist, writer, orator, and theosophist. Her life journey reflects her transformation from a devout Christian to an atheist, and finally to a key figure in the Indian independence movement and the Theosophical Society. The Indian Nation “India is no less a nation because it has… Continue reading The Self in you is the same as the Self Universal!