Okay, I get you want to succeed but that is sounding almost like acting royal and snooty. What do you mean? Thanks for your help by way. Great you try to succeed. X E.

@JosiahMaybe Has nothing to do with snootiness/snobbiness/etc. This has more to do with mentality. There's more to it than just wanting success. At face value, it means that one will not give up nor surround/associate oneself with those who give up at the first sign of an obstacle.

Let's remember that negative perceptions/attitudes about things can be and will be contagious if you stick around those long enough. This is kind of mentality, and this mantra, comes in handy when going through what is known as "imposter syndrome"

On the deeper side of things, I view mantra as a bridge where Sun Tzu and Niccolo Machiavelli come together on the topic of deception. As Sun Tzu points out, "all warfare is based on deception". When it comes to imposter syndrome, you are in a war against your own self. You start to doubt your own abilities, your own strengths, your competency with whatever triggered it.

The more you listen to that defeating voice, the more you are prone to dig yourself into a pit of despair/worry/etc. and the more likely you will want to give up. Your own self is deceiving you into giving up, and as Machiavelli mentions, "don't win by force that which can be won by deception".