Sunday, February 7, 2010

To My Father

We should not measure a man's greatness by his ability to attain success. Rather, we should measure his greatness by the way he faces defeat and accepts it with courage.

He is considered great because he possesses a virtue which even some great men lack. He is the kind of man who deserves our admirations. A severe blow to his pride does not embitter him; he falls only to rise again.

He may be ridiculed, but he is not disheartened because he knows that he has succeeded not in trying to achieve something, but in his relentless struggle with himself to overcome the blight on his soul- his pride...

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