Chapter 36Do The Thing And You Will Have
The Power
Fortunately, I learned one of the most useful
facts of life at an early age. I don't remember who said it
and I wish I did, because I would like to send him a
mental message of thanks every morning when I wake up.
What I learned, as a very young man, was this:
"DO the thing and you will have the power!"
That one simple, yet almost incredible, state-
ment has enabled me: (1) To try; and (2) to actually
accomplish things-more than any other statement I have
ever heard.
If I had not believed, deeply believed, that just
by the act of doing-somehow, from somewhere, I would
be given the power to do it-I would not have attempted,
much less accomplished, half of what I have done (the
difficult, rewarding hall).