Fight one more round

When prizefighter James Corbett was asked what it takes to be a champion, he replied, "Fight One more round!" Did you know that Somerset Maugham earned only $500 during his first 10 years as a writer? Enrico Caruso was a factory worker who studied voice for 12 years before getting his first small break? Gershwin composed 100 melodies before he sold one for $5? Zane Gray didn't sell a single story during his first five years as a writer?Study the lives of those that you most admire and you'll discover that they spent years surmounting obstacales, facing their deepest fears, learning from repeated failures, rising above the predictions of those who said, "you'll never make it".If you'er looking for a neat, clean,respectable, no-loose-ends-formula for success, forget it! Success is sweat, prespective, and dirt under your fingernails. It's disipline, commitment, and a long distance view. It's the tenacious bulldog quality of a Churchill rising in the darkest hours of World Warll to tell the nation, " What is our aim? I can answer in one word: VICTORY at all cost, victory in spite of the terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.Don't be discouraged if your dream hasn't come true yet. Keep pursuing it. pray over it daily. Study and learn. Grow by experience. Keep working. Victory always goes to the man or woman who's willing to "fight one more round!"