The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-12-31
NEW YEAR NOTICES.
POINTS ABOUT SUCCESS FROM THE
uTTERANcES OF GREAT MEN.
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MTNEA VI-Z- UNDOUBTEDLY a
ASGy1AHlNNvIg great many who
SENWE luN read this have de-
KW' termined whether
~ W by formal resolu-

tion or not to try to make 1896 the
most successful year of their lives. To
these few Of the notices and sayings
and there an anecdote. showing how
they put their notions into practice, may
possibly be helpful If read Alright,
much that follows will show that one
essential feature of success is hard work.
Genius may be necessary for the highest
success, but given ordinary intelligence
no one need fail who is willing to exert
himself continuously. But there must
be mental toll as we'll as physical The
day laborer who is satisfied to exert his
muscles only will never rise above day
wages. The clerk who IL satisfied to do
his work perfunctorily without exerting
his mental powers in striving to become
something better nIan clerk will re-
main In that station. The handicrafts-
man who does not work with his brain
will always be a handicraftsman. But
In striving for saccess it must not be
forgotten that there are other and better
successes than those Of financial ma
ture 1t IL better to nchieve character
won without intellectual activity any
more than money.
Do Not Neglect Your Opportunities.
Quite az important to success in life
as continued activity is the seizing of
your opportunities when they come to
You. Many eminent men have expressed
this idea in many ways. Here are few
such expressions which have been gath
cred by Orison SWEET Marden and print
ed in the first chapter Of his book,
Pushing to the 'FRONT.'
Things don't turn up in this world
until somebody turns them up Gar
field.
We live in new and exceptional age
America is another name for opportu-
nifty. Our whole history appears like
last effort of divine Providence in behalf
of the human race. Emerson.
Vigilance in watching opportunity I;
tact and daring in seizing upon opportu,
nifty; force and persistence in crowding
opportunity to its utmost If possible
achievement; these IRE the martial viz
tues which must command success.
Austin Phelps.
81 will find way or make one. -"
There never was day that did not
bring its own opportunity for doing
good that never could have been done
before and never can be again.-W. H.
Burleigh.
Are you In eatnestf Seize this very minute.
What you can do. or dream you can. begin it,
You Must He Resolute.
"The truest wisdom is resolute de-
termination, said Napoleon once, and
his career was an exemplifcation Of his
words.
Mr.. Marden gives the following en-
tries OH the fly leaf of the Greek lexicon
owned by Edward Irving as another ex-
emplifcation of the same idea:
"Six o'clock a. MI, Edward Irving,
promise, by the grace Of God. to have
mastered all the words in alpha and
beta befc.e 8 q. m.
Eight O'Clock q. MI, Edward IT.
wing. by the grace Of God, have done it. I"
Russell Sage, who has certainly won
success Of financial sort, once told the
writer that he had saved himself from
failure almost solely by the strength Of
ulb WAL abAOu Whut uC uiu Wiiuh
he met with an apparently insurmount-
able obstacle.
II never met with such thing" said
the finanoier and railroad man. "When-
ever anything has been in my way,
have just removed it. The young man
who has will enough can always remove
the obstacles that confront him.
IT'S not what man does which
exalts him. y said Browning. "but what
he would do -
Voc M.ss Bs Persistent.
The great violinist. Geradini, being
asked how long 1t took him to learn to
play, replied. Twelve hours u day for
20 years. "
This Is virtually the keynote to the
success Of many eminent men in all
iines Edison. the electrical inventor,
Expressed this idea with regard to him
self when he said
Anything have begun is always on
my MUD. and am never easy until /,
IL finished"
Darwin, the great scientist, whose
theory of evolution has wrought great
&C change in the views of thinking men
than any other theory that has been
broanhed In modern times. owed much
70 psssistspoe. He was almost always
i'll For 40 years." said his son. she
never knew ops day Of health" YET
during those four decades he used Il
force himself nnremittingly to pursu,
the work which he had set out to do
Many man with the strongest consti
tuition would have shrunk from the enor
nous toll performed by Darwin. but b,
stuck to 1t with patience that wa
marvellous.
Charles H. Cramp. the shipbuilder. IN
talking Of success and how II could bs
obtained. declared Its greatest secret Il
DO practice, practice. practical III
you want TO win." said he recently
lyon must never let up. II you do, you
will surely fall behind. have Away,
found ON returning to my business aftei
an absence, no matter how brief, that
had something to learn over again. thai
I had to work harder than ever to catcl
mp"