[00:00.20]If I were a boy again,
[00:02.18]I would practice perseverance more often,
[00:04.27]and never give up a thing because it was inconvenient.
[00:07.51]If we want light,
[00:08.86]we must conquer darkness.
[00:10.02]Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results.
[00:13.09]"There are only two creatures," says a proverb,
[00:15.93]"Who can surmount the pyramids - the eagle and the snail."
[00:20.41]If I were a boy again,
[00:21.63]I would school myself into a habit of attention;
[00:24.05]I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand.
[00:27.35]I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.
[00:31.85]The habit of attention becomes part of our life,
[00:35.04]if we begin early enough.
[00:36.59]I often hear grown up people say,
[00:38.64]"I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book,
[00:41.80]although I wished to do so",
[00:43.76]and the reason is,
[00:44.91]the habit was not formed in youth.
[00:46.79]If I were to live my life over again,
[00:49.36]I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory.