Think grow rich (1)
TRULY, "thoughts are things," and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a BURNING DESIRE for their translation into riches, or other material objects.
When a man really DESIRES a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the
wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win.
When the opportunity came, it appeared in differente form, and from a different direction than we had expected.
That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes
disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail recognize opportunity.
Know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized it.
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.