THE U N I V E R SAL LAW 0 F COS M I C H A BIT FOR C E 1029even been inside a schoolhouse. But when he went with his father to
hear a lawyer defend a murderer, the speech so impressed him that
he grabbed hold of his father's hand and said, "Someday I am going
to be the best lawyer in the United States and make speeches like
that man:'
"Fine chance for an ignorant mountain youth to become a great
lawyer;' one might say, but remember-nothing is impossible to the
person who knows what they want and makes up their mind to get it.
Not one of the soldiers in your standing army is powerful enough
alone to ensure success. Remove a single one of them and the entire
army would be weakened.
The powerful person is the one who has developed, in their own
mind, the entire seventeen qualities represented by the seventeen com-
manding officers of this standing army.
You must watch for every opportunity to apply and empower
the law of the Master Mind.
Before you can have power you must have a Definite Chief Aim
-a difinite purpose.
You must have Self-Confidence with which to back up your
purpose.
You must have Initiative and Leadership with which to exercise
your Self-Confidence.
You must have Imagination in creating your definite purpose and
in building the plans with which to transform that purpose into reality
and put your plans into action.
You must mix Enthusiasm with your action or it will be bland
and weak.
You must exercise Self-Control.
You must form the Habit of Doing More Than Paid For.
You must cultivate a Pleasing Personality.