Persistence Brings Success - Your Dreams May Be Much Closer Than
You Think
Persistence often means success, even in the face of what can
look like failure. You never know how close you are to victory,
and your dreams may be much closer than you think.
In his classic book, "Think And Grow Rich", best-selling author
Napoleon Hill tells the story of a man who put everything he had
into the search for oil, but every shaft he sank stayed dry.
Eventually, after many unsuccessful tries and with his funding
and his patience both exhausted, he gave up, and to cut his
losses sold the land and the equipment to a rival.
The second would-be millionaire had done his homework well. He'd
surveyed the land with care, as well as learning from the other
man's mistakes, and at his very first attempt he struck black
gold. His oil well made a fortune -- just three feet beyond the
first man's final try.
Recently I watched a TV program about the sister of the British
Queen. Apparently Princess Margaret as a girl had been in love
with a former fighter pilot and war hero, Group Captain Peter
Townsend. The couple planned to marry -- but there was a
problem. Peter Townsend was divorced, and at that time it was
considered unacceptable for the Queen's sister to marry a
divorced man.
The Prime Minister and the politicians insisted that this could
not happen. The Princess was given a stark choice. She could
give up her place in the Royal Family, her income of