ROOSEVELT'S MAXIMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 194, 15 August 1907, Page 2

ROOSEVELT'S MAXIMS.

A man who has known Mr Boosevelt intimately in private life for many years tells of some of the maxims that the President has followed in life. Here are some of them, expressed by Mr Roosevelt in conversation at different times: —

Fit yourself to do the work God has put you into the world to do. Work hard when that is in hand, and play for all you are worth when work is over.

Lose no time, for it is beyond price. You can afford to lose a fortune, for another can be made; but time lost is gone forever, with its opportunities. The prizes of the world are for those who can take them.

Have all the fun that is yours by right. All that is honestly and decently yours, all a young man can take home to his mother, his sister, his sweetheart, and laugh over with them. All that is his right It is what helps to keep the world from souring. This is what is the matter with three-fourths of our well - meant schemes of reform—that they leave the fun out. It is the yeast that makes things light and fit. A man who cannot laugh is a dangerous man anywhere. It is the optimists, the joyous souls, who make the world go round; the pessimists are just so much of a drag upon it. The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.

Better faithful than famous. Face the facts as you find them; strive steadily for the best.

Be never content with less than the possible best, and never throw away that possible best because it is not the ideal best.