That is why personality must be kept constantly protected against encroachment; but this can be so fixed by purpose, plan, and power of will that it becomes automatically safeguarded.

Once in possession we have only to make it part of our natural selves and _wear it unconsciously_ to the last breath of life.
Then the question is, why should we allow ourselves to be satisfied with an imperfect personality?
It only reflects back upon ourselves.

Haven't we often heard a man say: "_He is all right but_...!" Perhaps the personality in question was untidy, or that his walk was that of a laggard, or that he affected an egotistical air of superiority--whatever the impairment it should have been done away with.
A man of personality should never be haunted with worry from the sneers of his inferiors because of their own laxity.

Some men perfect their manner of speech to a degree which takes it above that of their weaker fellows, others develop fine qualities which are viewed by ordinary individuals as affectations but which are in reality the result of _innate refinement_.
The man of no refinement has indeed an uphill fight but with persistence and ambition to succeed he can win.

Lincoln, the rail splitter, is the most shining example of _the power to will victory_.