The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-04

'rlate Tor all of our readers at this time.
highest pinnacle. Do not accept medi-
ocrlty. In the final analysis, neither
your government nor your parents are
responsible for you-you are response
bic for Yourself Believe in your God,
in your country, and in yourself, and
in that order. Repeat constantly to
yourself: 1T all depends on me-"
There are two kinds Of people: those
who lift and those who lean. Some de-
dictate their lives to lifting their own
character and fortunes and in making
the world better place because they
are in it. The leaners, on the other
hand, are parasites who live off the
achievement Of others Be a driver, not
a hitchhiker
Recently a woman told me that nv
daughter, age %, had more character"
than almost any person her age she
had ever known. This brought a tear
to my eye. This | had rather have heard
than that she is the most beautiful the
best dancer, singer, writer, painter,
athlete or anything else. This is the
supreme compliment For character is
the only thing we earn on earth which
we can take with us when we die Re-
putation is what you're supposed to
be; character is what you are Reputa-
ton is what your obituary says. Charac-
ter is what VOur anOalS saw
You can't help it if you're ugly at
49, But if you're not beautiful at 80,
it's your own fault You can't help it
if you were able neither to earn nor to
inherit much in worldly goods But
character is a victory, nor gift If YOU
lack it, blame not your parents nor
society, blame yourself.
Confucius said ITO know what is
right and not do it is the worst of CO.
wardice"
The morning after Charles Lindbergh
flew the Atlantic nonstop from New
York to Paris, an associate of Charles
kettering rushed into the research ex-
shouting: He made it Lindbergh land
ed safely in Parish He did it all by
himself!' Kettering looked up from his
work momentarily and remarked quiet
ly: when he flies it with a committee,
let me know" The great accomplish
ments of history have been wrought by
individuals, not by the mass. Learn to
sing solo. Anybody can sing when every
body is singing.
Thomas Carlyle said: THE great law
of culture is: Let each become all that
he was created capable of being"
Society advances mainly through
those who're unafraid to be different.
1.-The strongest man on earth is the man
who stands most alone" Dare to be
Daniel. Dare to be square" Be a SOW
ereign individual, not just a member
of the mob. Be the "chicken'' with the
CUTS to say no to the crowd when the
crowds wrong.
The completely happy person who
has no problems is either without
sanity or conscience Trouble is the COM
mon denomination of living Clouds
bring life-giving transforms and are a
necessary part of life Learn to face life
as it is and as it can be.
One Of your most precious possessions
is time. It's criminal to waste it. You'll
never live this moment again Cato con-
fessed that the fault which he felt the
greatest need to repent was spending
an hour unprofitably.
Life is an opportunity, skill to be
developed, victory to be won. Every
passing second is a grain of gold-won
or lost The poet said: "Of all sad
words of tongue or pen, the saddest are
these: 1T might have been'" 1t might
have been if we had so willed it.
Law suits are decided by the judge
who has the last guess.