The Ugly Duckling In this story, a grey duckling is ridiculed by his siblings for his ugly appearance. Unable to bear the ridicule, the duckling runs away from its family. After some time, the duckling realises it is a beautiful swan, not a duck. The snow-white feather makes the duckling happy and gains the confidence to face the world. Moral – This story is one of the best motivational stories in English and teaches us not to judge others by their looks. #Motivation

The Ant and The Grasshopper This story involves a carefree grasshopper and a hardworking Ant. The ant collects food in the summer to prepare for the winter, while the grasshopper is fooling around in the summer, mocking the ant for its hard work. When winter arrives, the ant is warm with its tummy full, while the grasshopper is starving without food. The ant then helps the grasshopper through the winter and teaches the importance of hard work. Moral – This Motivational Short Story in English gives a message about Hard Work and Planning. #Motivation

The Boy Who Cried, Wolf This motivational story in English teaches a vital lesson in life. This story is about a mischievous young boy who enjoys playing pranks on others and lying about everything. One day, while the boy and his father were walking in the woods, the boy pranked his father several times by saying that a wolf was following them. The father gave up after asking the boy not to lie a few times. On one fateful day, the boy was followed by a wolf, for real this time, but his father did not believe the boy as he was always lying to his father. The wolf attacked the boy and ate him this time, only for the father to realise later what had happened. Moral – No one will believe a liar even when he tells the truth. #Motvation

Three Little Pigs This short motivational story in English, is one of the most loved stories with great moral value. This story shows how important hard work is. Of the three little pigs, two were lazy, shied away from working hard, and worked on houses made of straws. The third pig built a brick house by working hard. A wolf blows up the two weak houses and eats the two little pigs, but the third one is safe because of his strong home. Moral – Hard Work always pays off. #Motivation

The Magic Pot This simple motivational story for students in English is an excellent example of how greed leads to problems. In this story, a poor farmer finds a magic pot that provides abundant anything. The poor farmer becomes rich using this pot. The King of the land then forcibly takes the pot from the farmer, and the greedy King multiplies his wealth. One day, tragedy strikes when the King’s father falls into the pot, and the King looks after his father and his father lookalike. This situation causes the King many problems, losing his peace of mind. Moral – This beautiful, honest, inspiring story for children teaches them that – Being greedy can lead to problems. #Motivation

The Lion And The Mouse This story is about how a kind lion, even when pestered by a mouse, just warns and does not kill it. One day when the Lion is trapped in a hunter’s net, the mouse rescues the Lion and repays Lion’s kindness. Moral – This Motivational Story, in English, teaches how no good deed goes unpaid. #motivation

Seeing opportunity in obstacles Once there was a king who was curious but wealthy. He decided to test his fellow people to know who has a got a good attitude in life and who would spare some time for the country’s progress. He placed a huge boulder right at the middle of the road and hid in a nearby place to see if anyone would make an attempt to move it off. He saw some wealthy merchants and courtiers passing by the road. None of them made any attempt to move it off but simply walked away while some others blamed the king for not maintaining roads. Later, a peasant came the way with a load of vegetables and saw the boulder. He kept his load down and tried to move the boulder away. After strenuous effort, he succeeded in moving it away. He saw a purse lying in the place of the boulder. It contained many gold coins and a note from the king which read ‘this is the reward for the person who moves the boulder away’. Moral: It is quite common for people to run away from problems and obstacles. But the story clearly shows the importance of seeing an opportunity in every obstacle which might improve our condition. Invest some time to remove obstacles on your way and experience many unseen presences. #motivation

Kentucky Fried Chicken He is a seventh grade dropped out who tried many ventures in life but tasted bitter every time. He started selling chicken at his age of 40 but his dream of a restaurant was turned down many times due to conflicts and wars. Later he attempted to franchise his restaurant. His recipe got rejected 1,009 times before the final approval. And soon the secret recipe, “Kentucky Fried Chicken” became a huge hit worldwide. KFC was expanded globally and the company was sold for 2 million dollars and his face is still celebrated in the logos. Moral: Have you stopped your attempts to a venture just because you were rejected or failed a few times? Can you even accept a failure of 1009 times? This story inspires everyone to try hard and believe in yourself until you see success despite how many times you have failed. #Motivation

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“When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” #motivation

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“When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” #Motivation