A DAILY MESSAGE
WATCH YOUR ACTIONS.
Tmkuic is an excellent story told of an Englishman and an American who were seated in a New York Club,overlooking Broadway.
The American stated with pride. Ilia it was within the power of any eitizci oi the United States to become tin President ol the Republic. “ Do .you mean to sav that that mai could become President H ” asked tin Englishman, pointing to a crossing sweeper plainly visible in the streci below them.
'I bo American looked, and replied No; that man will never occupy W hite House—lie is sweeping against the wind.”
The fact that the cros.sing-sweejKu-was sweeping against the wind revealed his whole character. He was unintelligent. He was unobservant. He was inefficient.
By that one action the American know he lacked the qualities necessary to carry him to the White House. Watch your actions; they reveal you. Your elm ranter may be gauged by your smallest act—and, what is more, that gauge is about your measure as a man. Your destiny speaks in your character; your character reveals your destiny; and your character stands revealed by the way in which you perform your smallest tasks.
—M. PRESTON STANLEY
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1929, Page 1
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197A DAILY MESSAGE Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1929, Page 1
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