SUCCESS IN LIFE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 90, 10 January 1919, Page 5

SUCCESS IN LIFE

MR. ,MASSE\< ON CHARACTER. In a reoent'-issue' of the. Loudon publication "Tit-Bits" several prominent men stated the quality they considered most . likely, to .lead to success in life. .The following is attributed to the Prime Minister of New.Zealand, (he Rt. Hon. W. F. Masseyi■."Which' quality makes most for sue-, .cess in life?" How very interesting a •question! But how' difficult' to answer satisfactorily.'; '''■'■)■ ,'■ V'-'". :.■■"■.■/•' . ' .'•", I might say a: dozen things, as it seems to me'just now, and each would-satisfy 6ome cases of success, we. see round us. But if you ask me for one quality—well, 1 if I must keep to that, I.should say: "A character people can always rely on." ! First, a man or' woman .must have what we generally.term a. "good character"; he must be known as honest and straight dealing, as trustworthy 'and'reliable; as self-reliant,to a certain degree, and resolute, to do ..his best., .

■That is,■■•at-any-iiate,:'the type of man w'e want to.come to us in the Dominion over the seas. .The day for the wastrel,' •for'the spendthrift,, for'the ne'er-do-well being sent over, to Cannda, Australia, and New. Zealand,-because he is a failure'at home, .because he has. lost his character there,, because it is hoped that "people abroad will not be so. particular," .is quite .over..., . : .' "To-day, we in.the farther parts of the great British Empire are willing. : to:..rei ceive and welcome men and women, ; boys and girls, with open arms; - and to.offer them every chance of making .names, fortunes, splendid .homes with us... But they must be men and women,".:. boys and girls, of high , -character; they must be trustworthy and have 6ome self-reliance; they miist be workers, and not, shirkers.. ; ■•'

" True manliness, allied to high character! That is. what leads to the. highest success.■.'■' ■■■.■'.■'•'.■' ,'.,', .-.■•'• '■'[