Classic Influence: Timeless Lessons from the Legends

Martin Luther changed the course of human history in 1517 when he nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the All Saints' Church. But Luther's bold move and revolutionary stand was not without grave risks, including the...

Harriet Tubman was described by one bold abolitionist as "one of the bravest persons on this continent." Another well-known "conductor" on the Underground Railroad said that Tubman "seemed wholly devoid of personal...

A brilliant military strategist and tactician, Alexander the Great stands as one of the greatest figures in history. Alexander was far from the typical military or political leader, however. He was a critical thinker...

Joan of Arc's story remains one of the most remarkable stories in the long history of military leadership. Consider this singular, striking distinction: "Since the writing of human history began, Joan of Arc is the only...

After leaving for law school in London at age 18, when Mohandas K. Gandhi finally returned to India in 1915 he was 45. Despite his prolonged initial absence, the deeply spiritual Gandhi quickly rose to become one of the...

On Christmas Day in 1119 A.D. , countless prayers were finally answered when a French knight known as Hugh of Payns banded together with 8 other knights in a brotherhood of highly skilled religious warriors. The nine...

Episode Overview: In the 12 century B.C., after the ancient city of Troy fell following the Greek's cunning trick with the Trojan Horse, a number of Trojans escaped with a fleet of ships. After years of wandering in...

On September 26, 1918, in the midst of World War I, George S. Patton's moment of testing had arrived. Patton was leading a light tank brigade up a hill overlooking a German occupied town when he was suddenly...

One cold evening in January 1936, with the world in the midst of the Great Depression, Dale Carnegie addressed a sold-out, standing-room-only crowd at the luxurious Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. Despite the...

On December 17, 1903, a pair of self-taught, visionary American engineers achieved their dream, forever made the world a smaller place, and helped usher in the age of globalization. It was the first successful piloted...

Abraham Lincoln was born to poor Kentucky farmers in 1809. Raised in a one-room, dirt-floor log cabin on the American frontier, Lincoln's early life was filled with long hours of manual labor, and many years of trial...

In the 1950s, still at the start of his acting career, and frustrated by the lack of work, Don Rickles began hustling gigs as a standup comedian in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York. Finding that his audiences were also...

In 1553, Mary Tudor's dying brother, King Edward VI of England, was plotting behind the scenes to remove his half-sister from the line of succession. In the midst of the English Reformation, and the wider European...

In early 1898, days after the USS Maine was sunk in Cuba's Havana Harbor, killing some 260 American sailors and marines, Theodore Roosevelt, who was still only the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, began doing all he...

A populist champion of the poor, Huey Long grew up during America's Gilded Age, and got involved in politics in the years before the Great Depression. Despite the considerable economic hardships he faced throughout his...