Character Building must be done alone, and by yourself. The ground must be cleansed of debris, and the structure must be erected stone by stone.
It is dull, slow, hard work, especially the preparation.
All preparation is drudgery.
When this little whirling globe of ours began to cool in space think what a task lay before it! Think of the mass of chaos, which had to slowly shape itself into mighty, green, glad and snow-capped mountains, fertile vales, and noble forests.
Each one of us is a little world, whirling alone on an individual orbit, but the divine power is within us, to grow into symmetry, beauty, and perfection if we only realize it.
And the happiness of the work, once we begin it, is beyond the power of description.
There is no other satisfaction can compare with that of looking back across the years and finding that you have grown in self-control, in charity of judgment, in a sense of justice, in generosity, and in unselfishness.
If you are conscious of this growth, let no lack of material success for one moment disturb you. That will come, enough for your need, in time.
The man of symmetrically developed character is never a pauper.
He is never dependent for more than a temporary period.