Best of Persistence is the Key

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs, are, generally, easily influenced by the “opinions” of others.  They permit the newspapers and the “gossiping” neighbors to do their “thinking” for them.  Close friends and relatives, while not meaning to do so, often handicap one through “opinions” and sometimes through ridicule, which is meant to be humorous. 

 

To overcome these “opinions” one must develop the valuable characteristic known as “persistency.”  Some men, who have accumulated great fortunes, did so because of necessity.  They developed the habit of PERSISTENCE, because they were so closely driven by circumstances, that they had to become persistent.

 

THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PERSISTENCE!  It cannot be supplanted by any other quality!  Remember this, and it will give you the strength to continue, in the beginning, when the going may seem difficult and slow.  Those who have cultivated the habit of persistence seem to enjoy insurance against failure.  No matter how many times they are defeated, they finally arrive at the top of the mountain.

 

Sometimes it appears that there is a hidden “entity” whose duty is to test men and women and guide them through all sorts of discouraging experiences.  Those who pick themselves up after defeat and keep on trying arrive on top of the world.  This hidden “entity” lets no one enjoy great achievement without passing the PERSISTENCE TEST.  Those who can’t take it simply do not make the grade.

 

Those who can “take it” are rewarded for their PERSISTENCE.  They receive, as their compensation, whatever goal they are pursuing.  These are the people who know that defeat is nothing more than temporary.  They are the ones whose desires are so PERSISTENTLY APPLIED that defeat is finally changed into victory.

 

Everyday we see the overwhelmingly large number of people who go down in defeat, never to rise again.  We see the few people who take punishment of defeat as an urge to greater effort.  These people, fortunately, never learn to accept Life’s reverse gear.  But what we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.  If we speak of this power at all we call it PERSISTENCE.  One thing we all know, if one does not possess PERSISTENCE, one does not achieve noteworthy success in any calling.