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Determination which never looks back
I he man who does things must be able to project himself with a mighty force, to fling the whole weight of his being into his work, ever gathering momentum against the obstacles which confront him; every issue must be met wholly, unhesitatingly. He cannot do this with a wavering, doubting, unstable mind.
The fact that a man believes implicitly that he can do what may seem impossible or very difficult to others, shows that there is something within him that makes him equal to the work he has undertaken.
Faith unties man with the Infinite, and no one can accomplish great things in life unless he works in oneness with the Infinite. When a man lives so near to the Supreme that the Divine Presence is felt all the time, then he is in a position to express power.
There is nothing which will multiply one's ability like self-faith. It can make a one-talent man a success, while a ten-talent man without it would fail.
When a man ceases to believe in himself-gives up the fight-you cannot do much for him except to try to restore what he has lost—his self-faith-and to get out of his head the idea that there is a fate which tosses him hither and thither, a mysterious destiny which decides things whether he will or not.
You cannot do much with him until he comprehends that he is bigger than any fate; that he has within himself a power mightier than any force outside of him.
