Do Not Let Trifles Disturb Your Tranquility

Be Grateful For The Joy Of Life. Be Glad For The Privilege Of Work. Be Thankful For The Opportunity To Give And Serve. Good Work Is The Great Character-builder, The Sweetener Of Life, The Maker Of Destiny. Let The Spirit Of Your Work Be Right, And Whether Your Task Be Great Or Small You Will Then Have The Satisfaction Of Knowing It Is Worth While.

When You Want A Thing Deeply, Earnestly And Intensely, This Feeling Of Desire Reinforces Your Will And Arouses In You The Determination To Work For The Desired Object.

Today Is The Day In Which To Express Your Noblest Qualities Of Mind And Heart, To Do At Least One Worthy Thing Which You Have Long Postponed, And To Use Your God-given Abilities For The Enrichment Of Some Less Fortunate Fellow Traveler. Today You Can Make Your Life . . . Significant And Worthwhile. The Present Is Yours To Do With It As You Will.

Let The Spirit Of Your Work Be Right, And Whether Your Task Be Great Or Small You Will Then Have The Satisfaction Of Knowing It Is Worth While.

The Principal Object Of Your Reading Should Be For The Acquisition Of Useful Knowledge , And The Strengthening, Refining, And Ennobling Of Your Character.