Work Is The Meat Of Life, Pleasure

I Have Known Not A Few Men Who, After Reaching The Summits Of Business Success, Found Themselves Miserable On Attaining Retirement Age. They Were So Exclusively Engrossed In Their Day-to-day Affairs That They Had No Time For Friend-making.... They May Flatter Themselves That Their Unrelaxing Concentration On Business Constitutes Patriotism Of The Highest Order. They May Tell Themselves That The Existing Emergency Will Pass, And That They Can Then Adopt Different, More Sociable, More Friendly Habits. [but] Such A Day Is Little Likely To Come For Such Individuals.

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?

The Victors Of The Battles Of Tomorrow Will Be Those Who Can Best Harness Thought To Action. From Office Boy To Statesman, The Prizes Will Be For Those Who Most Effectively Exert Their Brains, Who Take Deep, Earnest And Studious Counsel Of Their Minds, Who Stamp Themselves As Thinkers.

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.

Work Is The Meat Of Life, Pleasure The Dessert.