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Show i j Making Money and Thrift V Sheer lack of thrift has caused more financial failures than anything else. How many men there are today who might have become wealthy had they only known how to save money! During the course of their careers they have earned large sums, but these have slipped from their fingers from day to day. They had the natural gift of making money, just as their successful rivals, but they lacked the quality of permanent success which is thrift. Although the ability to make money is, to a considerable extent, a matter of natural aptitude, the still more important accomplishments of thrift can be acquired by anyone. There is no excuse for not saving money. Thriftlessncss is an indication of weakness. It is indecision of character. char-acter. Thrift requires steadfastness, and the marshaling of the last ounce of moral strengt h that we possess. But it does not require any special genius or brilliant gift of mind. It is within the power of every man and woman to thrive through the cultivation of prudent habits. Practices of thrift do not bring a guarantee of great wealth. But they are an absolute assurance of modest success and a never-failing protection against complete failure and poverty. The primary value of thrift lies in the fact that through it we secure full advantage of the little things. Those who are thriftless in money maiters do not, as a rule, dissipate their resources in large amounts. The processes of waste are going on constantly, however, in the way of unnecessary or ill-advised spending. On the other hand thrift consists of saving by small degrees. A point often overlooked is that a few years of thrifty habits will place one in a financial position where he can enjoy many of life's wholesome whole-some pleasures, whereas continual thriftlessness yields only inadequate and superficial pleasure. S. W. Straus in Thrift Magazine. |