Cling to your vision no matter what others may say or do. Keep your eye fixed on your goal. Don't swerve to the right or to the left though a Paradise tempt you. No matter what bids you turn aside, or tempts you to change your course, keep on the straight path to your destination. The soft character, the easy-going man, who is afraid of criticism, denunciation, and who is always wondering what people think of him, is not made of the stuff that wins. He has not the sand which keeps him going straight on to his goal.

"What would become of a sea captain who whenever he saw a fog settling down on the waters, or a storm coming up, would turn his ship around and sail back to the port he had left? You know he would lose his job and be branded as an incompetent and a coward. Every sea captain keeps his ship true to the compass and he plows through fogs, storms or hurricanes to his distant goal. You are the captain of your life ship, and it is up to you to bring it into port grandly. If you haven't the qualities of a good sea captain your ship is in danger.