From his earliest years your child is shaping his career. What he does
today wields a strong influence on what he will do tomorrow. The sooner
you realize this the better his chances of final success.
Ambition is a great impelling force, encourage its development in your
children. With strong ambition they can get farther than with greater
ability but lacking in ambition.
A boy sat on a fence holding a kite but not watching it as boys usually
do. A gentleman, in passing, was attracted to the boy and noticed that
he was blind. This aroused his curiosity as to what pleasure a blind
boy could get flying a kite, so he asked him: "Do you enjoy flying the
kite?" "Yes, sir," was the prompt reply. "But you cannot see it." "No,
sir; but say, mister, I can feel 'er pull."