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"It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon ...

"My Daily Desire" By Thomas Dekker To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the ...

Social Briefings are short bi-monthly dispatches that offer practical tips to improve your social ...

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably got some habits you’d like to change: maybe you want to ...

When the author Roald Dahl was twenty-two, he boarded a ship leaving England to start his first job working ...

In 1944, the Allied troops were gaining ground on the battlefields of WWII, but still faced opposition ...

John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand. The unusually large and strapping baby grew up to be an ...

"A Real Man" From A Heap o' Livin', 1916 By Edgar A. Guest Men are of two kinds, and he Was of the kind ...

We all know those collective maxims on success: nice guys finish last; it’s not what you know, it’s who ...

The word integrity is related to the roots of words like “integrate” and “entire,” and its ...

"The Value of Doing" From The Woodcraft Manual for Boys, 1923 By Ernest Thompson Seton Our grandfathers ...

Interest in Stoicism has experienced a renaissance in recent years. Yet despite the increasing popularity of ...

During the Winter War, Finnish troops held off and often won astonishing victories against the Russian forces ...

While Stoicism is an ancient philosophy, it’s experiencing a bit of a resurgence in our modern world. ...

Throughout human history, the night sky has been a source of inspiration for art, literature, philosophy, ...

One of the primary roles of men across time and culture is that of the warrior. Indeed, how we define ...

The hallowing of Pain Like hallowing of Heaven Obtains at corporeal cost -- All -- is the Price of All ...

Sight. It’s something we all take for granted…until it stops working the way it's supposed to. While ...

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from The Business of Living by Frank Crane. It has been ...

A few years ago a commencement speech given at the University of Texas by a retired Navy SEAL and Navy ...