The Power of Stubbornness
You can turn anything impossible into possible.
Most people call stubbornness a bad habit, but I see it as an inner strength that can turn the impossible into possible.
Today, we would still be sitting in darkness if Thomas Edison had not been stubborn. It was that very stubbornness that kept Edison from giving up even after failing a thousand times.
It was the stubbornness of Hillary and Tenzing that drove them forward on the perilous mission to conquer the Himalayas. Even the mighty Himalayas had to bow before their stubbornness.
If the Wright brothers had not been stubborn about flying, we would not have been able to see giant aeroplanes soaring in the sky today.
If Gandhi had not been stubborn, India would not have attained independence in 1947.
It was this same stubbornness that gave Subhas Chandra Bose the strength to raise the Indian National Army all by himself.
That is why, friends, you too must be stubborn — stubborn about wiping out poverty, filth of every kind, and injustice from this country.
You must be stubborn about making India the strongest nation, one that can guide the world on the path of humanity, peace, and love.
Remember, nothing is impossible for those who are stubborn.
This stubbornness must not belong to any one party, caste, religion, region, or class — it must belong to every person.
