What makes a person successful in this modern world? I believe that techniques may have changed, but the attributes of successful people have ever been the same. As such, there is still much to learn from folks who were born over a hundred years ago.
William Maxwell “Max” Aitken was born the son of a Presbyterian [...]

In his book The Art of Money Getting, circus great P. T. Barnum writes:

Take two generals; both understand military tactics, both educated at West Point, if you please, both equally gifted; yet one, having this principle of perseverance, and the other lacking it, the former will succeed in his profession, while the latter will fail. [...]