Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1916 — Woman’s Winning Force. [ARTICLE]

Woman’s Winning Force.

The winning force in woman’s life is first of all, purpose—a purpose which carries with it the assent of reason, the judgment of the mind and the approval of conscience. This purpose must be your own — not another’s. The sorrowful experiences of many women is that they are always children, with no plan of life, no will by which their energies are to be directed. Don’t drift, but steer. Dare to be singular. Scorn to degrade yourself by yielding up your individuality to suit the whim of the worthless. Now and then a woman stands aside from the crowd, labors steadfastly and straightway the world wonders, admires and crowns the determined doer, and yet it only illustrates what a growing and exhaustless force each woman might become if she took hold of life with a purpose. Determine to live for something lasting. Even goodness fails where there is no will. You cannot dream yourself into a character. You must hammer and force yourself into one.