Self-depreciation never won a single battle of life. It has, on the contrary, killed ambition, weakened the will, and incapacitated thousands from noble work. Many people have spent their whole life with a negative character and outlook. The daily, and perhaps hourly, streams of false suggestions pouring into their minds overwhelm them.

Many tormented by fear and timidity do not realize how a flood of negative thoughts daily affect them. They hedge themselves in with suggestions of limitation, incapacity, and unworthiness. They constantly think not of how they will succeed, but of how they will surely fail.