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America, In The Eyes Of The World, Typifies Above All Else This Quality Of Initiative. The Greatest Successes Are Nearly All The Fruit Of Initiative. Why Do We Hold In Such High Esteem The Achievements Of The Wright Brothers? Because They Were Illustrious Examples Of Initiative And Tenacity. And Ideas Are Born Of Initiative, The Children Of Men And Women Of Initiative. Advancement Is Applied Initiative. Don't Imitate. Initiate.

Finally, There Is More Genuine Joy In Climbing The Hill Of Success, Even Though Sweat May Be Spent And Toes May Be Stubbed, Than In Aimlessly Sliding Down The Path To Failure. If A Straight, Honorable Path Has Been Chosen, The Gaining Of The Summit Yields Lasting Satisfaction. The Morass Of Failure, If Through Laziness, Indifference Or Other Avoidable Fault, Yields Nothing But Ignominy And Sorrow For Self And Family And Friends.

The Bargain That Yields Mutual Satisfaction Is The Only One That Is Apt To Be Repeated.

Are Your Desires Purely Selfish? Do Your Tastes Run To A Grand Home, Automobiles, Fine Clothes, An Abundance Of Amusements, And So Forth? If So, Look Around You At People Who Have Such Things In Superabundance. Are They Any Happier, Do You Think, Than You Are? Are They Any Better Morally? Are They Any Stronger Physically? Are They Better Liked By Their Friends Than You Are By Your Friends? ... Carnegie Said, Millionaires Rarely Smile. This Is Substantially True.

Think Not Of Yourself As The Architect Of Your Career But As The Sculptor. Expect To Have To Do A Lot Of Hard Hammering And Chiselingand Scraping And Polishing.