名人傳記閱讀，這些名人的生活背景不同、性格特點各異，他們都具有崇高的志向、堅定的信念、拼搏的精神、頑強的毅力……旨在讓廣大讀者樹立遠大的理想，培養刻苦的學習精神。歡迎閱讀學習。
西方國家名人故事傳記(一)：皮特寫給朱莉的一封信
"My wife got sick. She was constantly nervous because of problems at work, personal life, her failures and problems with children.
She has lost 30 pounds and weighed about 90 pounds in her 35 years. She got very skinny, and was constantly crying. She was not a happy woman. She had suffered from continuing headaches, heart pain and jammed nerves in her back and ribs.
She did not sleep well, falling asleep only in the morning and got tired very quickly during the day. Our relationship was on the verge of break up.
Her beauty was leaving her somewhere, she had bags under her eyes, she was poking her head, and stopped taking care of herself. She refused to shoot the films and rejected any role.
I lost hope and thought that we'll get divorced soon…But then I decided to act on it.
After all I've got the most beautiful woman on the earth.
She is the idol of more than half of men and women on earth, and I was the one allowed to fall asleep next to her and to hug her shoulders.
I began to pamper her with flowers, kisses and compliments. I surprised her and pleased her every minute. I gave her lots of gifts and lived just for her. I spoke in public only about her. I incorporated all themes in her direction. I praised her in front of her own and our mutualfriends.
You won't believe it, but she blossomed. She became even better than before. She gained weight, was no longer nervous and she loved me even more than ever. I had no clue that she CAN love that much. And then I realized one thing: The woman is the reflection of her man. If you love her to the point of madness, she will become it."
- Brad Pitt
西方國家名人故事傳記(二)：正直的林肯
Lincoln was delighted to advocate the cases of those whom he knew to be wronged, but he would not defend the cause of the guilty.
If he discovered in the course of a trial that he was on the wrong side, he lost all interest, and ceased to make any exertion.
Once, while engaged in a prosecution, he discovered that his client's cause was not a good one, and he refused to make the plea. His associate, who was less scrupulous(小心謹慎的), made the plea and obtained a decision in their favor. The fee was nine hundred dollars, half of which was tendered(償付) to Mr. Lincoln, but he refused to accept a single cent of it.
His honesty was strongly illustrated by the way he kept his accounts with his law-partner. When he had taken a fee in the latter's absence, he put one half of it into his own pocket, and laid the other half carefully away, labeling it "Billy," the name by which he familiarly addressed his partner. When asked why be did not make a record of the amount and, for the time being, use the whole, Mr. Lincoln answered, "Because I promised my mother never to use money belonging to another person."
林肯非常樂意為那些他認為受到冤屈的人辯護，但是他卻拒絕為那些確實有罪的人辯護。
如果在審判中發現自己的立場錯誤，就立刻都案件失去興趣，不再辯護。
他參與了一起起訴案件。當他發現他的客戶動機不良時，便拒絕為其申辯。他的一位做事不太謹慎的同事參與了辯護，並得到對他們有利的判決。辯護費為900美元，這位同事把其中的一半給了林肯，但是林肯一分錢也沒拿。
林肯的誠實在下面的例子裡得到最好的證明。他與他的夥伴記有詳細的賬目。但他的夥伴不在時，他僅拿走所得收入的一半，把另一半仔細地儲存，寫上同伴的名字：“貝利”。當被問到他這樣做的原因，林肯回答道：“因為我曾經答應我的媽媽永遠不拿屬於別人的錢。”
西方國家名人故事傳記(三)：He Never Missed a Game 他從來沒有錯過一場比賽
Bob Richards, the former pole-vault champion, shares a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart.
Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played.
This teenager lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. Even though the son was always On the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game. This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him but also made it very clear that he did not have to play football if he didn't want to.
But the young man loved football and decided1 to hang in there He was determined2 to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he'd get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice nor a game but remained a bench-warmer all four years. His faithful father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him. When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a "walk-on." Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did.
