The Man Who Has Done His Level

There's No Such Thing As A Self-made Man. I've Had Much Help And Have Found That If You Are Willing To Work, Many People Are Willing To Help You.

What Would You Call America's Most Priceless Asset? Surely Not Its Limitless Natural Resources, Not Its Matchless National Wealth, Not Its Unequalled Store Of Gold, Not Its Giant Factories, Not Its Surpassing Railroads, Not Its Unprecedented Volume Of Cheap Power. Is Not Its Most Priceless Asset The Character Of Its People, Their Indomitable Self-confidence, Their Transcendent Vision, Their Sleepless Initiative And, Perhaps Above All, Their Inherent, Irrepressible Optimism?

Call The Roll In Your Memory Of Conspicuously Successful [business] Giants And, If You Know Anything About Their Careers, You Will Be Struck By The Fact That Almost Every One Of Them Encountered Inordinate Difficulties Sufficient To Crush All But The Gamest Of Spirits. Edison Went Hungry Many Times Before He Became Famous.

Timing Is Everything. Tell Me How A Young Man Spends His Evenings And I Will Tell You How Far He Is Likely To Go In The World. The Popular Notion Is That A Youth's Progress Depends Upon How He Acts During His Working Hours. It Doesn't. It Depends Far More Upon How He Utilizes His Leisure...if He Spends It In Harmless Idleness, He Is Likely To Be Kept On The Payroll, But That Will Be About All. If He Diligently Utilizes His Own Time...to Fit Himself For More Responsible Duties, Then The Greater Responsibilities - And Greater Rewards - Are Almost Certain To Come To Him.

Summer, With Its Dog Days, Its Vacations, Its Distractions, Is Over. We Have Had Our Holidays, Our Rest, Our Recreation. The Fall Season, With Its New Opportunities For Effort, Enterprise And Achievement, Is Upon Us. Let Us Rip Off Our Coats And Get Down To Business. We May Have Allowed Pessimism To Grip Us During The Summer Months. We May Even Have Allowed Laziness To Enter Our Bones. Now It Is Up To Us To Throw Off Both Lassitude And Pessimism. The Time Has Come For Action, For Aggressiveness.