For a man to succeed at all, he has got to make the best use possible of what sense he has; it is impossible for him to use the sense that he hasn’t.
That may be turning the thing around and putting it in a different light. If we had the other man’s mind, or gift of speech, or strong, healthy body, or the other man’s good, fine, full face, we could get along better; but we have to succeed just with ourselves, just as we are.
You may be like myself, one eye a little larger than the other, a little bit crossed you know, and you may have a very poor delivery.
It may be that you lisp.
Some of my friends say that I do.
I used to stutter, and then I was afflicted so much. O
h! There were so many things that I had to contend with! I used to want the other fellow’s fine physique and gift of speech; but I was a little crippled fellow, all twisted up and knocked down, both arms out of place, one big eye and one little one, and my mouth was cut on bias, and I didn’t have much sense.
But with all that, I said, “I am going to make a man out of Bud Robinson or I am going to kill him.”
I said, ”Oh, Bud, you have got to make good.” And I set out to make good.
How well I have been able to succeed I will leave for the Lord and folks to say, but I have not been lazy.