Welcome to the Inspirational Living podcast.

Today's reading was edited and adapted from the book, You Can, but Will You?

By Orison Sweat Martin, published in 1920.

Do you know that you will never accomplish anything great, unless you not only hold the conviction that victory is your birthright, but also show evidence of it in your face, in your manner and bearing?

No person can expect to be a conqueror while they carry the confession of defeat in their face.

You must not only feel like a winner, but you must also appear and act like one.

You must show victory in your very expression.

It is not difficult to pick out a successful person among a multitude.

If you are a leader, a person who relies upon yourself, every step, every moment will indicate

it.

You are covered all over with tell-tale signs.

There is assurance, confidence in your face and bearing.

You walk like a master and talk like one.

Everyone knows that you believe in yourself and in your mission.

What marks the difference between a winner and a loser?

The winner is a person who gets up after they have been knocked down

with more determination than before.

A person who is stung into greater activity by some serious setback, a person who

does not know when they are beaten. A temporary failure does not mean much to such a man or woman.

It is only an episode in their life. George Washington was beaten more often than he won in the War of the Revolution,

but for Washington to lose a battle meant something else than for other generals.

It meant he was more of a fighter than ever before.

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