The Way of Success is the Way of Struggle

I saw this piece on Darren Hardy’s great blog. It’s excerpted from an article in Napoleon Hill’s magazine of 1921:

Lincoln wrote the greatest speech ever delivered in the English language, on the back of an envelope, a few moments before it was delivered, yet the thought back of that speech was borne of hardship and struggle.

All down the road of life you will meet with obstacles, many of them. Failure will overtake you time after time, but remember that it is a part of Nature’s method to place obstacles and failure in your way.

Every time you master failure you become stronger and better prepared to meet the next one. The moments of trial will come to you as they come to all at one time or another. Doubt and lack of faith in yourself will cast their dark shadows over you, but remember that the manner in which you react under these trying negatives will indicate whether you are developing power or slipping backward.

“And this, too, will soon pass away.” Nothing is permanent, therefore why permit disappointment, resentment or a keen sense of injustice to undermine your composure, because they will soon eliminate themselves.

Look back over your past and you will see that those experiences of yesterday which bore heavily on your heart at the time, and seemed to end all hope of success, passed away and left you wiser that you were before.

The whole universe is in a constant state of flux. You are in a constant state of change. Evolution is removing the wounds left in your heart by disappointment. You need not go down under any difficulty if you but bear in mind that “this, too, will soon pass away.”

I looked back at my heavy load of grief and
worry which crowded the happiness out of
my heart only yesterday, and lo! they had
been transformed into stepping stones of
experience over which I had climbed higher
and higher.

Source: Napoleon Hill’s Magazine. September, 1921. Volume 1, number 5, page 9.

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3 thoughts on “The Way of Success is the Way of Struggle”

  1. I think it’s like taking an exam. If we want to get a score, we must study hard first. Making mistakes gives us the chance to learn from them.

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