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THE WAY OF LIFE
Men can attain success in any purushartha when they possess a strong will-power and a strong determination to achieve their objectives.
COURAGE-THE GREATEST WEAPON
One of the lieutenants of Napoleon was making preparations to lead a section of the army against the enemies. Napoleon asked him, “Are all the preparations over ?"
“Yes. All the preparations are over”.
"Have you got all the necessary things and equipments ready?”
"All those things have been got ready but I feel that fighting may not bring me delight now"
"Why?” Napoleon asked him. “This is an unknown place and ...." "I think you do not possess one particular weapon”. "No. I have all the weapons. I counted them”.
“Yes. You do not have one weapon and that is will-power ...... the weapon of courage and self-confidence. You have forgotten that weapon. In the absence of this one weapon all the other weapons are useless”.
If man has courage and confidence even a wooden stick can function like a machine gun; even a muslin cloth can be as strong as an adamantine armour.
James Barrie, a famous English dramatist has written an essay on courage. He says that man should retain his courage in any situation. If he does not possess it, he must beg for it or borrow it or steal it, but he must possess courage. If this virtue disappears, all the other virtues disappear, step by step. Therefore, attain, retain and maintain courage and see that it keeps increasing.
What an excellent piece of advice has James Barrie given to people! If you have strength in you, you may think that you
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