There is power lying latent everywhere， waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
Don’t think you have no chance in life because you have no capital to begin with. Most of the rich men of today began poor. It is estimated that not one rich man’s son in ten thousand dies rich. God has given every man a capital to start with； we are born rich. He is rich who has good health， a sound body， good muscles； he is rich who has a good head， a good disposition， a good heart； he is rich who has two good hands， with five chances on each. What a fortune he possesses in the marvelous mechanism of his body and mind. It is individual effort that has accomplished everything worth accomplishing in this world. Money to start with is only a crutch， which， if any misfortune knocks it from under you， would only make your fall all the more certain.
格兰特将军曾经回忆道：“当我还小的时候，有一天早晨母亲做早餐时，发现黄油用完了，于是母亲便叫我到邻居家借一些。我没有打招呼就进了邻居的屋子，并在不经意间听到邻居正在读他儿子的一封来信。邻居的儿子当时正在西点军校读书，信的大意是，他因为考试没有合格，即将返回家中。我借了黄油，交给妈妈，顾不上吃早餐，我就跑到我们区的议员办公室。‘海默先生，’我说，‘您能指定我去西点军校吗？’‘不行，你邻居的儿子在那里，他还有三年才能回来。’‘可假设他考试不及格，你能让我去吗？’海默先生禁不住笑了起来。‘假如他考试不及格，你去尝试也是徒劳，尤利。’‘不管怎样，海默先生，求求您答应给我这个机会吧。’海默先生最终妥协了。第二天，那个失败的少年便回家了。对我的小聪明，海默先生感到很可笑，然后便给了我机会。如今，”格兰特说，“是母亲叫我借黄油这件事促使我成了将军和总统。”可实际上，他说错了，是因为他的机灵，发现了机会，并马上把握了机会，才成就了他的辉煌。