Laugh and Live

Young Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, star alike in both the "speakies" and the "movies," is well worth a story. He is what every American might be, ought to be, and frequently is _not_....

If we interview many of life's failures we will find that the overwhelming majority went down because of their neglect to get out of an environment that was not stimulating and...

The character of a man expresses itself by the books he reads. Every well-informed man since the invention of printing has been a close reader of a few books that stand out from...

Just as the straight line is the shortest distance between two points so is honesty the only proper attitude of one person toward another. Without it there is no understanding p...

Consideration for others is man's noblest attitude toward his fellow man. For every seed of human kindness he plants, _a flower blooms in the garden of his own heart_. In him wh...

The late Elbert Hubbard defined the man with initiative as the one who did the right thing at the right time without being told. At this point it may be definitely stated that s...

It is the young man who has the best chance of winning. Then why shouldn't youthfulness be made a permanent asset? We have recovered from the idea of putting a man into a sanato...

Experience is the real teacher, but the matter of how we are going to succeed in life should not be left to ordinary chance while we are waiting for things to happen. Our first...

Living beyond our means is a big subject that must be treated broadly, for circumstances alter cases. There is a sane way to look at every problem, and the matter of living beyo...

It is a happy idea to marry while we are young--a fine thing--a good thing--_a pleasant duty indeed_ to marry the woman of our choice at a time of life when both are at an age w...

It is not the object of this chapter to deal with a set course of physical culture, but rather to emphasize the necessity of keeping our physical house in order. There are plent...

Big words and pomposity never were designed for the highest types of men. Our great national figures have almost without exception had one quality which was a keynote to their u...

_Experience comes by contact._ There is no way we can have experiences without passing directly through them. If we are up and doing they come thick and fast into our lives, som...

The correct definition of self-indulgence is _failure_--because self-indulgence is comprised of an aggregation of vices, large and small, and failure is the logical sequence the...

There are many essentials to success, but there is one that is of such importance that without it all the others become as naught. The man who wins success is invariably impelle...

More and more personality is coming into its own as man's greatest asset. There was never a day when it was not, but in former years this essential quality was not listed under...

Those who fear to assume responsibility necessarily _take orders from others_. The punishment fits the crime perfectly and being self-inflicted there is no injustice. It is true...

Indeed it is possible to stand with one foot on the inevitable "banana peel" of life with both eyes peering into the Great Beyond, and still be happy, comfortable, and serene--i...

There is an old saying to the effect that "opportunity knocks but once at our door"--and that is all _fol de rol_. Opportunity knocks at some people's doors nearly every day of...

Again I find it expedient to resort to the personal pronoun and therefore this final chapter is to be devoted to "_you_ and _me_." There are facts you may want to know _for sure...