Success Consists Of Being And Doing, Not

Plan Your Work - Work Your Plan

If The World War [i] Demonstrated Anything It Was That Government Ownership Is Fraught With The Gravest Dangers And Usually Leads To Disaster. Take Britain. The Two Problems Which Have Caused The Greatest Trouble Since The War Ended Have Been Transportation And Coal. The Government Seized Both Industries When The War Broke Out. It Got Them Into Such A Hopeless Mess That It Does Not Know How To Turn [in] Coal; The Government Now Realizes, It Took Hold Of The Tail Of A Wild Animal And Is Afraid To Let Go.

Managing The Other Fellow's Business Is A Fascinating Game. Trade Unionists All Over The Country Have Pronounced Ideas For The Reform Of Wall Street Banks; And Wall Street Bankers Are Not Far Behind In Giving Plans For The Tremendous Improvement Of Trade Union Policies. Wholesalers Have Schemes For Improving The Retailer; The Retailer Knows Just What Is Wrong In The Conduct Of Wholesale Business-and We Might Go Through A Long List.... Yet For Some Reason The Classes That Ought To Be Helped Keep On Stubbornly Clinging To Their Own Method Of Running Their Affairs.

The Fittest, Not The Richest, Make The Most Enviable Mark. Pampered Sons Of Plutocrats May Shine For A Time In Society, But Not In The World Of Affairs And Of Service Unless They Rip Off Their Coats And Get To Work Early And Stay Late. To Be Born With A Golden Spoon In The Mouth Is More Of A Handicap Than A Help In Attaining Worthwhile Success In This Age.

To Succeed, We Must Have The Will To Succeed, We Must Have Stamina, Determination, Backbone, Perseverance, Self-reliance, And Faith.