Kahlil Gibran - The Prosperity & Wealth Bible

Fight Fight Learn to be a Fighter. Not with fists or clubs or swords — but through the noble mastering of the Forces at your command — generated by your own Brain. For great are victories gained from the everyday battles of life over the endless difficulties that almost hourly face such a Force. Learn to be a Fighter. Then fight! Fight face to the front — fiercely yet fairly. And when everybody looks upon you as a loser and calls you whipped — that’s your cue to finish the fight — and WIN! Learn to be a Fighter. You will not always win, but never admit it. Half the so-named failures of all time lie in Conquerors’ graves. And the flowers of God, and the winds of undying Fame cool and smooth the sleeping souls that didn’t know HOW to die! Learn to be a Fighter. What is your work to-day? Make it a battle front! Muster the be6t that is in you and go out to meet and vanquish every obstacle that seeks to keep this day from being the one you will most prize as the one of all your days most worthwhile — to other people and to yourself. Fight every inch of the way. Give no quarter — and accept none. Go to your bed with the spirit and satisfaction of a Conqueror. Learn to be a fighter!

Stick Stick Stick. Just Stick. This is the essence — the beginning and ending — of Success. Stick. The Sticker is the “getthere” man. Stick. Everybody begins — but not all Stick. Yesterday you failed, maybe, but to-day you can Win — if you Stick it out. All achievers wear a badge labeled “STICK.” You Stick — to-day. When you fed like quitting — Stick! If the other fellow is getting the best of you — Stick. He will if you don’t. Stick. The great successes of business and life are but repetitions of the same story — the story of men who knew HOW to Stick. Stick. You may not like your job, but think before you change it. So few know HOW to Stick. So few learn WHEN to Stick. So few care WHERE they Stick. You think it out with patience. Then — whether it be a job or a task — Stick it out. Stick. To-day — start things and Stick to each until finished — completed in the best way you know how. Just Stick.

Faith Faith Have Faith. First, Faith in yourself, then Faith in the thing you set out to do — then Faith in the result. Faith is the ability to believe you have won before you have. It’s the art of beating the enemy, the obstacles, or the plan of your opposers, before they have securely organized. For Faith is to take victory in hand at the start. Have Faith. The great stories of Success from the beginning of time are but narratives of men and women doers — who had Faith. Faith feeds the hungry in adversity — clothes and warms the needy in temporary failure. For Faith builds. It cannot destroy. Have Faith. Your success is limited only by your Faith. The results from Faith live limitless. Take heart. Have Faith. The only time people fail is when they lose Faith. The Pitcher in a ball game, the Soldier on a battle-field, the Leader in Politics, the Executive at the head of a task or business — the humblest Toiler — each goes ahead and does his best only as he is inspired to it by Faith. First, as he has it — then as those about, under or near him have Faith in him. Have Faith. And make it a vital part of your determination to Win, to-day. The most obscure worker is entitled to as great credit for results in proportion, as the man who commands — so long as he has and uses all the Faith he can muster. So, remember to keep a good stock of Faith on hand constantly. All this day long — Have Faith.

Enthusiasm Enthusiasm Enthusiasm is what happens to a man when on taking invoice, he discovers that his Heart and Head and Determination have finally welded into and become a part of “the Main Chance.” Enthusiasm is a process — not merely a condition. Most everybody has a Head and Heart and Determination — but it’s the folks that have sufficient sense to get these together in the same spot at the same time for the same purpose that start things and move on the progress of the times. Enthusiasm is the spark that starts the Action that moves the Man that finds the Cows and brings them home. Enthusiasm is what makes a fellow “get there.” Get Enthusiasm and you will “steam on.” Nobody can stop you. Enthusiasm is what goes through stone walls, bores miles under great rivers, wins battles and lays out cities and towns and nations. Enthusiasm changes maps and makes History possible. You at your desk, at your plow, at your broom, at your axe, at your bat, at your pen-— you, no matter who or where you are — take heart and hope and — Enthusiasm. For Enthusiasm starts things, shapes things — does things. Start to-day to mix Enthusiasm in your blood. Then keep it there!

Do Do Do. The Doer is the digger — and the digger is the Builder. Do. The Doer is the mover — and the mover is the Winner. Do. Do the things you start, Do the thing you have at heart, Do what the other fellow can but doesn’t; Do while there’s time, Do while there’s life, and Do while there’s hope; Do for your own sake, Do because you love to, Do because you must. Do, because this is the way to start — to Win! Do. Do the job at hand — for the job moves on. Do when it shinas and Do when it rains. Do through the frowns and Do through the smile6. Do on your legs and Do at your desk. Do after you’ve failed and Do after you’ve won. But no matter whether early or late, whether here or there — Do. Da And Do it Now — Do it To-day. Do.

I Will I Will I will — make this day Worth While. I will drop the Past, remembering it only as a valuable path through which I have walked into the Now. I will take up the work of this day as a personal Pledge to do my best — with interest and enthusiasm. I will do the things I have failed to do before. I will attempt new things that I know now that I can do. I will go ahead. I will play the game to-day with a warm heart and a cool head. I will smile when I fed like frowning. I will be patient when I fed tempted to scold. I will take personal command of myself. I will be loyal to the concern for which I toil. I will be faithful to all my trusts. I will master the smallest detail. I will boost — not knock. I will do — not intend. I will get things done. I will work because I like to. I will be fair and just because there is no other way — to Win. I will do right because it is right. I will drink defeat, if it comes at times, as good medicine. I will sweat by courageous effort — determined to succeed at all times. I will be careful of my Time, considerate of my Health, jealous of my Honor. I will help make this day great for everyone with whom I come in contact. I will work for the people whom I serve with all my heart and with all my mind and with all my strength. For in the glory and success of my concern is hidden the glory and success of my own self. I will make this day Worth While.

Smile Smile Smile! The face that Smiles is the face that everyone is looking for — and wants. Smile. For the Smiler is the Climber — and the Smiler is the Winner. Smile. If doubt and defeat drub you at times — Smile. Smile. If it rains when you think it ought to shine — Smile. Smile. Start Smiles. Smile. The Smiling Worker is the Smiling Doer. Smile. Smile. More things have been wrought and brought through Smiles than this world dreams of. Smile. A Failure doesn’t want to Smile — and can’t. A Winner wants to Smile — and can’t help it. Smile. Smile. Smiles beget Smiles. Smile. Smiles warm the blood, stiffen the back and start courage anew. Smile. Smile. Smile when you wake. Smile. Smile when you go and Smile when you come. Smile. Smile when you start your work and Smile when you end it. Smile. For Smiles keep the livelong day from going stale. And Smiles keep the well from going dry. Smile. Smiles are the headlights of Success. And they always point the way that wins the day. Smile.