ery one that
hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance."

There is everything in assuming the part we wish to play, and playing it
royally. If you are ambitious to do big things, you must make a large
program for yourself, and assume the part it demands.

There is something in the atmosphere of the man who has a large and true
estimate of himself, who believes that he is going to win out; something
in his very appearance that wins half the battle before a blow is struck.
Things get out of the way of the vigorous, affirmative man, which are
always tripping the self-depreciating, negative man.

We often hear it said of a man, "Everything he undertakes succeeds," or
"Everything he touches turns to gold." By the force of his character and
the creative power of his thought, such a man wrings success from the
most adverse circumstances. Confidence begets confidence. A man who
carries in his very presence an air of victory, radiates assurance, and
imparts to others confidence that he can do the thing he attempts. As
time goes on, he is reenforced not only by the power of his own thought,
but also by that of all who know him. His friends and acquaintances
affirm and reaffirm his ability to succeed, and make each successive
triumph easier of achievement than its predecessor. His self-poise,
assurance, confidence, and ability increase in a direct ratio to the
number of his achievements. As the savage Indian thought that the power
of every enemy he conquered entered into himself, so in reality does
every conquest in war, in peaceful industry, in commerce, in invention,
in science, or in art add to the conqueror's power to do the next thing.

Set the mind toward the thing you would accomplish so resolutely, so
definitely, and with such vigorous determination, and put so much grit
into your resolution, that nothing on earth can turn you from your
purpose until you attain it.

This very assertion of superiority, the assumption of power, the
affirmation of belief in yourself, the mental attitude that claims
success as an inalienable birthright, will strengthen the whole man and
give power to a combination of faculties which doubt, fear, and a lack of
confidence undermine.

Confidence is the Napoleon of the mental army. It doubles and trebles
the power of all the other faculties. The whole mental army waits until
confidence leads the way.

Even a race-horse can not win the prize after it has once lost confidence