In English
Noble thoughts strengthen will-power
In many foreign countries, young men who started their lives as dish washers, or newspaper vendors or shoeshine boys, achieved eminence as writers by dint of hard work and noble aspirations. Their achievements are entirely due to their ennobling thoughts which strengthened their will-power and inspired in others confidence in their abilities. In Britain there was a poor youth named lames MacDonald who used to help school children by writing the addresses on letters for them. As he wrote each address he used to tell the boy; "God bless you." He also used to tell them, off and on, "God is great." Often he had to go without food, but his heart was filled with noble feelings. Such a lad one day became the Prime Minister of Britain. Only his noble thoughts could have raised him from his poor state to the office of the Prime Minister: