This I Believe was a five-minute CBS Radio Network program hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1951 to 1955. A half-hour European version of This I Believe ran from 1956 to 1958 over Radio Luxembourg.
The show encouraged both famous and everyday people to write short essays about their own personal motivation in life and then read them on the air. This I Believe became a cultural phenomenon that stressed individual belief rather than religious dogma. Its popularity both developed and waned within the era of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Cold War.
The show was revived by Dan Gediman and Jay Allison on NPR in 2005, and subsequently by Preston Manning on Canada's CBC Radio One in 2007. Essays that appear on the show are available free of charge at its website.
Recently, some of the original 1951 This I Believe programs have been rebroadcast on NPR's Bob Edwards Weekend.
I went through some stories...really great people and great thinking...
The best thing about these sites are that you can either read what they have written or even listen it being read, some by the individuals themselves and some by others.
I Am Still The Greatest by Muhammad Ali
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=102649267&m=102805027
The Light of a Brighter Day by Helen Keller
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/16702/
Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness by Andrew Sullivan
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/29/
Growth That Starts From Thinking by Eleanor Roosevelt
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/16936/
