Face the sun and the shadows will fall behind you - Helen Keller

Self-confidence leads to happiness and success. With it, a person can accomplish almost anything he or she sets as a goal. A clue to developing greater self-confidence could lie in answering the question, "Where am I going to place my confidence?

Thomas Edison patented over 1000 inventions, including the phonograph, the storage battery and the carbon microphone gramophone. He found 2999 ways to make an electric light bulb. They all failed, but he had the confidence to carry on.

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is yet another step forward - Thomas Edison

When something wonderful happens in a person's life, it is usually explained that the person was at the right place at the right time when the opportunity came along. Perhaps that person was simply able to see an opportunity and then do something about it? Situations we may have considered "failures" may well be "training sessions" for future opportunities.