Show S i. i 4 Y r J J H e SELF CONFIDENCE SELF CONFIDENCE IS OFT THE SECRET Or OF SUCCESS 1 Self confidence Is the explanation of all successful careers It Is Isa a virtue virtue vIrtu that should be carefully cultivated ted In Inthe In Inthe inthe the young for lack of of trust self may amo amount nt to c complete mp ete se effacement sef-effacement in inthe inthe the competitions of life There was something Imposing in the excessive self reliance of of- Napoleon who de declared do- do Glared If there was no one t to make cannon and gunpowder he could make them It is IsI I 1 I alone who have hav arranged arranged ar are ranged the finances you know This was colossal egotism It is true but it was the motive power that made Napoleon Napoleon Na Na- one of the mos most magnificent military y successes in n history It Is better to possess the quality of self- self confidence in excess than not to possess possess pos pos- sess it at all Montaigne among the shrewdest of practical philosophers says To speak less Jess of himself than he is folly and not mod mod- esty Off Offense Offense lies not in relying upon ones one's self but In speaking boastfully of ones one's ability and exploits A writer observes that same offensive egotists are of indispensable Importance to the carrying on of f American life whom we could ill III spare spare any anyone one of them would be a national loss But it spoils conversation They are ever thrustIng thrusting thrust thrust- Ing their pampered self between you and th them m Nature e utilizes misers fanatics fanatics fanatics fan fan- egotists to accomplish her ends but we must not think better of the foible for that Self-confidence Self is therefore therefore to be care carefully ully distinguished from self self- praise which ev even even n in the greatest of men is intolerable rable A man should believe In himself but he should not e e. e j advertise his merit by his own procla procla- mation It was was the the injunction of a atam tam famous s artist to confide in ones one's self and be something of value When When- this this this this-Is Is ones one's mental attitude toward I Iones ones one's self a long step has been taken In the path of success Self-confidence Self Is tl the e offspring of self To think meanly of ones one's self Is to sink Feel yourself and be not daunted by things Those are the precepts which inspire men to worthy if not famous achievements A A. A great deal may be expected of a aman aman aman man who in a new difficult and untrIed untried untried un un- trIed tried position acts as as if It he had the right to be there It is related that the Saxons were taught t to believe that they would be first and the aggressive aggressive ag ago energy of the race may be due to this primitive inspiration Though It may seem an affliction m the young man who stands alone has hasan hasan hasan an opportunity to test his manhood and such opportunities should be wel wel- corned Go forward with hope and confidence was the best advice which the sage could give to the youth who desired to learn the mystery of suc suc- cess Self-confidence Self can never be learned in seclusion It is nurtured in the school of the world by contact with men in touch with affairs Of course it will be understood that we weare weare are are not encouraging the overweening self self confidence that despises the advIce advice advice ad ad- vice of experience but we must learn to try to try our own wings to tr trust st to our our own powers if we are to make notable progress in the world Philadelphia Philadelphia Ledger |