Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-20
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4 a cess in life This is question
that is impossible to answer definitely
because successes mean so many Diff
ferent things to so many different
people. What is one mans success
is another mans failure.
Success to one may mean climbing
to the top of the ladder. To another
it may mean sitting at the foot OF 1t
and helping others to rise. One may
think himself financial success If
he has $4,000. Another is poor with
81 100000 Literary fame means get
ting the Nobel Prize to one man. To
another it is having his Vox Populi
letters printed In the local paper.
And so it goes. There is no yardstick
by which to measure success.
To most Of us, however, success
means winning a certain amount OF
prosperity and a more or less con-
spicuous place in our community; two
cars in the garage and raising our
heads little above the crowd. And
for this brand of success there are
certain definite qualities whose cul-
tivation will expedite one in getting
there.
IT HELPS. Of course. for one TO
be born with . sound mind in q
sound and good looking body, and also
for Nature to have endowed one with
that elusive something that We call
personality, which makes everybody
give its lucky possessor a hand-up.
But it is not absolutely necessary for
one to possess any, or all. of these
qualities in order to succeed.
Some of the dumbest women make
the most brilliant matches. One of
the homeliest men who ever lived was
not only President Of the United States,
but has passed into legendary hero
Plenty of invalids have fought through
every physical sff1ction to power and
place. and many Of our most successful
sore-headed bears.
When it comes to putting the finger
on the things that make for success
in life I think the most valuable of
all is poverty. Not the grinding pow
erty that means the lack of necessary
food and warmth and clothes and
that brushes a child with its hopeless
ness, but the sort of poverty that
teaches a youngster industry and
thrift and makes it know in the cradle
that it is on its own and what it wants
it has TO go out and get for itself.
The statesmen, the financiers, the
lawyers. the judges. the famous writ
ers and actors were almost to man
poor boys who came up from corn
rows and cotton fields and Stag piles
and what not to where they are.
Hardly a rich mans son among them,
vet the rich boys we're no less intelli-
gent or had less talent than the poor
boys, but they lacked the necessity
that is the driving power that sends
a lad on to success.
ONE of the most important factors
in success is finding yourself.
Discovering what nature intended you
TO do. Developing whatever abilities
you may have to their fullest power,
instead of wasting your time and your
labor trying to do something for
which you have nc aptitude. Most
Of the failures in the world are men
and women who have got into the
wrong jobs. They are round pegs In
square holes and never At. Pick out
the work you like to do and you will
find happiness and profit in it, other
wise you will be one of the men or
women who are always changing oc-
equations and never making good In
anything.
Have the determination TO succeed.
There is no easy shedding in life.
Everything you undertake will be hard
and grueling work and filled with
disappointments. but II you have the
courage to fight on when there is
nothing left in you except 1.-THE will
that bids you still fight on" as Kip
ling says, you are practically sure OF
victory at the last The weaklings
and the cutters are always failures.
They are beaten before they ever
strike blow.
Good manners are another indis-
pensable quality of success. They are
letter of credit that is honored at
sight the world over. They open shut
doors for one. They make friends
that boost one along and are one OF
the most valuable assets that any
young person can have.
Akin to good manners and in real
ity a part OF them is the ability to
get along with people. Those who
have suavity and tact in dealing with
. their fellow creatures, who can smooth
down the fur of an irste customer or