Defeats And Failures Are Great

Even The Men Most Richly Endowed With Ability, Education, And Opportunity, Even The Giants Of The Race, After The Completest Life Possible, Feel, As They Stand On The Edge Of The Grave, That They Are But Human Acorns With All Their Possibilities Still In Them, Just Beginning To Sprout.

When We Are Sure That We Are On The Right Road There Is No Need To Plan Our Journey Too Far Ahead. No Need To Burden Ourselves With Doubts And Fears As To The Obstacles That May Bar Our Progress. We Cannot Take More Than One Step At A Time.

Forests, Lakes, And Rivers, Clouds And Winds, Stars And Flowers, Stupendous Glaciers And Crystal Snowflakes - Every Form Of Animate Or Inanimate Existence, Leaves Its Impress Upon The Soul Of Man.

Society Is To The Individual What The Sun And Showers Are To The Seed. It Develops Him, Expands Him, Unfolds Him, Calls Him Out Of Himself. Other Men Are His Opportunity. Each One Is A Match Which Ignites Some New Tinder In Him Unignitible By Any Previous Match. Without These The Sparks Of Individuality Would Sleep In Him Forever.

Opportunity Is Latent In The Very Foundation Of Human Society. Opportunity Is Everywhere About Us. But The Preparation To Seize Upon The Opportunity, And To Make The Most Of It, Is To Be Made By Every One For Himself ... He Will Be Self-made Or Never Made.