He Best Keeps From Anger

The British Have Their Own Conception Of What Constitutes The Typical American. He Must Have A Flavor Of The Wild West About Him. He Must Do Spectacular Things. He Must Not Be Punctilious About Dignity, Decorum And Other Refinements Characteristic Of The Real British Gentleman. The Yankee Pictured By The Briton Must Be A Bustler. If He Is Occasionally Flagrantly Indiscreet In Speech And Action, Then He Is So Much More Surely Stamped The Genuine Article. The Most Typical American The British Ever Set Their Eyes On Was, In Their Judgment, Theodore Roosevelt.

What One Thing Does The World Need Most Today-apart, That Is, From The All-inclusive Thing We Call Righteousness? Aren't You Inclined To Agree That What This Old World Needs Is Just The Art Of Being Kind? Every Time I Visit A Factory Or Any Other Large Business Concern, I Find Myself Trying To Diagnose Whether The Atmosphere Is One Of Kindliness Or The Reverse. And Somehow, If There Is Palpably Lacking That Spirit Of Kindness, The Owners ... Have Fallen Short Of Achieving 24-carat Success No Matter How Imposing The Financial Balance Sheet May Be.

Many Of The Most Successful Men I Have Known Have Never Grown Up. They Have Retained Bubbling-over Boyishness. They Have Relished Wit, They Have Indulged In Humor. They Have Not Allowed ‘dignity’ To Depress Them Into Moroseness. Youthfulness Of Spirit Is The Twin Brother Of Optimism, And Optimism Is The Stuff Of Which American Business Success Is Fashioned. Resist Growing Up!

The Real Friend Is He Or She Who Can Share All Our Sorrow And Double Our Joys.

Which Is More Worthwhile Earning: A Large Fortune Or The Esteem And Gratitude Of The Nation? This Question Is Prompted Anew By The Death Of Ex-secretary Of The Interior [franklin K.] Lane. He Remained In Public Service, Doing Most Noble Work, Until His Means Became Absolutely Exhausted, And He Died Before Having Had The Opportunity To Reaccumulate Any Bank Account.... He Died Leaving No Estate Whatsoever. Is What He Did Leave More To Be Desired, More To Be Coveted, Than A Fortune Reaching Into Six Or Seven Figures?