Discipline comes through self-control. This means that one must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. By stepping in front of a mirror, you may see at [...]

Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth.  Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great.  Her entire life has served as evidence that no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
 
Beethoven was deaf, Milton was blind, [...]

Most of us are good “starters” but poor “finishers” of everything we begin.  Moreover, people are prone to give up at the first signs of defeat.  There is no substitute for persistence.  The person who makes persistence his watch-word discovers that “Old Man Failure” finally becomes tired, and makes his departure.  Failure cannot cope with [...]