By The Time You Learn The Rules

Today A Thousand Doors Of Enterprise Are Open To You, Inviting You To Useful Work. To Live At This Time Is An Inestimable Privilege, And A Sacred Obligation Devolves Upon You To Make Right Use Of Your Opportunities. Today Is The Day In Which To Attempt And Achieve Something Worthwhile.

Discreetly Keep Most Of Your Radical Opinions To Yourself. When With People Be A Listener A Large Part Of The Time. Be Considerate In Every Word And Act, And Resist The Tendency To Say Clever Things. The Best Evidence Of Your Culture Is The Tone And Temper Of Your Conversation.

Life Is So Great In Its Opportunities And Possibilities, That You Should Rise Confidently Above The Inevitable Trifles Incident To Daily Contact With The World. Life Is Too Precious To Be Sacrificed For The Nonessential And Transient. . . . Ignore The Inconsequential.

The Quality Of Your Thoughts Determines The Quality Of Your Personal Character.

Your Life Is Like A Book. The Title Page Is Your Name, The Preface Your Introductions To The World. The Pages Are A Daily Record Of Your Efforts, Trials, Pleasures, Discouragements, And Achievements. Day By Day Your Thoughts And Acts Are Being Inscribed In Your Book Of Life. Hour By Hour, The Record Is Being Made That Must Stand For All Time. Once The Word 'finish' Must Be Written, Let It Then Be Said Of Your Book That It Is A Record Of Noble Purpose, Generous Service, And Work Well-done.