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Secret #7: Sharpen the Knife 95

Bruce Barton wrote, “It’s only when we are stirred by
a great demand, an insistent necessity, that we accom-
plish the sort of things that make us proud of our
humanity.”

That demand has to come from you. You have to
sharpen the knife of your own being. Runners call it
exceeding your personal best. Instead of competing
against anyone, you run to improve yourself, to better
your previous time.

Are you “sharpening the knife” that is you?

“If you are going to do anything you must expect criticism.
But it’s better to be a doer than a critic. The doer moves; the
critic stands still, and is passed by.

“You must believe in something—in yourself, in the country,
in God. You must have courage to back that belief with your
money and your life, and patience to wait for fulfillment.”

—Bruce Barton, 1932