Character, not circumstance, makes the person.
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- Attributed to
- Booker T. Washington
- Published in
- Whispering Sages: From Their Mouths To Your Ears
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All great achievers are given multiple reasons to believe they are failures. But in spite of that they persevere.
Let us, then, be up and doing. With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.

Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.