Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-03-30
Things Worth Thinking About

1ne man who puts on generally
gets put of.
No man is so rich he can afford to
lose friend.
Think straight and you cannot be
crooked
To err is human not TO air others
errors is divine.
1t Is best 20 settle a quarrel with
out any OUTSIDE interference.
A miserly man is one who refuses
to lend you few dollars.
Only he who keeps his honor can
never be discrowned.
The most stones are thrown at the
tree with the ripest fruit.
The word impossible should
not be in any ones dictionary.
Every moment is the right moment
for the man who has pluck.
ANY fish can swim down stream,
but il takes live one TO swim up.
A wise man doesn wait for oppor
tunity to come along, be goes after
it.
The chances are that the man who
looks before he leaps won't leap.
II requires a derrick to get some
people out of the rut onto the asphalt.
How easy il IS for US the uight be-
fore Ia get up early in the morning.
N.cn man is set in his ways be
is not apt 10 hatch out any new ideas.
The man who can, but doesn /,
must give way to the man who can I,
but tries.
A man is very apt to complain oil
the ingratitude OF those who hay G
risen far above him.
The best you have ever done is not
good enough 10 be your ideal for the
future.
The accident OF energy has made
more millionaires than the accident
of birth.
The moment man is satisfied with
himself every BODY else is dissatis-
fed with him.
Be pleasant until 10 clock in the
morning; the rest OF the day will
take care Of itself.
There is nothing SO strong or safe
In an emergency OF life as the simple
truth.
Columbus would not have discover.
ed America il he had been guided
by precedents.
Its not what your grandfather did
before the war-it'S Can you make
good today ?"
It's good deal easier to sit up
straight in church than it is TO walk
upright in the world.
The ability 10 turn stumbling
blocks into stepping stones is often
worth more in a pinch than a fat
purse.
Nothing can bring you peace but
yourself. Nothing can bring you
peace but the triumph of principles,
The man who does his very best
work today is in a fair way to do
even better tomorrow.
Successful people usually find that
shade trees and aud easy chairs are
few and far between on the road TO
success.
1t is not sign of weakness to
seek advice OF the man who has had
experience-it is sign of good judg-
ment.
1t is seldom wise to do a thing
merely because another has done il.
Perhaps different circumstances
were involved.
1t may be said unsung songs are
thesweetest. Those who ave lear
most OF those that are sung wtll
agree 70 that.
The talent Of success is nothing
more than doing W nat you do well:
and doing whatever you do without
a thought Of fame
The man who likes his work well
enough to keep everlastiugly at L
and take pains at every urn IS
safe sort of genius 10 tie -.
Concentration does not mean
straining every nerve and muscle
toward work-means dropping
everything that interiors.
It's lots easier 10 slide down
banister than 10 climb a fiPh. Of
stairs. You can slide dow. 10 OBJ
security without trouble. but it take,
climbing 10 De somebody.
A man is relieved and gay when
be has put his heart into his worn
and done his best; but; what he has
said or done otherwise shall give
him no peace.
To do the right thing, at the right
time, in the right way; TO do some
things better than they were ever
done before-that's a task worthy
any man s effort.
Sad will be the day for you when
you become absolutely contented
with the life you are living, with
the thoughts you are thinking and
the deeds you are doing.
There is only one plain rule OF
life eternally binding. 1t is this
Try thyself unweariedly till thou
indest the highest thing thou art
capable Of doing and then do it.
Luck means rising at 6 O'Clock in
the morning. living on a dollar day
il you earn two; mindipg yonr own
business and not meddling with
other peoples. Luck means appoint
ments you have never failed to keep:
the trains you have never failed 10
catch. Luck means trusting in God
and your own resources.
The only one who never makes
mistakes is the one who never does
anything. Preserve US from him;
from the man who eternally wants