Patillo Higgins

A life lesson that I learned from Patillo Higgins is to never give up on something that you believe in. He believed strongly that there was oil in Beaumont. Several people told him that it was impossible and that he was wasting time and money. He didn't give up. He spent the last part of his money on an ad looking for an oil investor. He got one reply from a guy named Lucas. His new partner helped him prove to the world that he was right. They drilled one thousand feet into the ground and found oil. I thought it took him a lot of courage and confidence to stand up to the people that didn't have faith in his theory.