Triumph Often Is Nearest When

...the Incontestable Truth Is That America Has Been Built Up By Optimists, Not By Pessimists, But By Men Possessing Courage, Confidence In The Nation's Destiny, By Men Willing To Adventure, To Shoulder Risks Terrifying To The Timid.

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.

The Most Famous Self-made Man In The World Today Is Our Own Edison. Talk With Mr. Edison And He Will Tell You He Owes Much If Not Most Of His Success To Omnivorous Reading. Forbes Is One Of His Favorite Publications. How Closely He Reads It Can Be Gathered From A Letter Just Received From Him In Which He Asks The Editor To Forward A Long Analytical Letter To The Writer Of A Series Of Articles Which Contained Two Figures Mr. Edison Questions, And He Wants To Know Exactly On What Authority Or Investigation They Were Based. Both Letters Were The Product Of Mr. Edison And Were Signed By Him.

A Nation's Economic Salvation Does Not Lie In The Amount Of Money Its Rich Inhabitants Can Squander Recklessly. A Nation's Economic Salvation Lies In The Amount Of Money Its Inhabitants Can Save And Invest After Providing Themselves With All The Necessaries And All The Reasonable Comforts Of Life.

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.