10. we do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count. Your faith and convictions are not subject to decay.
11. you are as young as you think you are. You are as strong as you think you are. You are as useful as you think you are. You are as young as your thoughts.
12. Your gray hairs are an asset. You are not selling your gray hairs. You are selling your talent, abilities and wisdom which you have garnered through the years.
13. Diet and exercise won't keep you young. As a man thinketh, so is he.
14. Fear of old age can bring about physical and mental deterioration.The thing I greatly feared has come upon me.
15. You grow old when you cease to dream, and when you lose interest in life. You grow old if you are irritable, crotchety, petulant and cantankerous. Fill your mind with the truths of God and radiate the sunshine of His love – this is youth.
16. Look ahead, for at all times you are gazing into infinite life.
17. Your retirement is a new venture. Take up new studies and new interests. You can now do the things you always wanted to do when you were so busy making a living. Give your attention to living life.
18. Become a producer and not a prisoner of society. Don't hide your light under a bushel.
19. The secret of youth is love, joy, inner peace and laughter. In Him there is fullness of joy. In Him there is no darkness at all.
20. You are needed. Some of the great philosophers, artists, scientists, writers and others accomplished their greatest work after they were 80 years old.
21. The fruits of old age are love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance.
22. You are a son of infinite life which knows no end. You are a child of eternity. You are wonderful!
Contents
Preface
IN EVERY chapter of this book, mention has been made of the money-making secret which has made fortunes for more than five hundred exceedingly wealthy men whom I have carefully analyzed over a long period of years.
The secret was brought to my attention by Andrew Carnegie, more than a quarter of a century ago. The canny, lovable old Scotsman carelessly tossed it into my mind, when I was but a boy. Then he sat back in his chair, with a merry twinkle in his eyes, and watched carefully to see if I had brains enough to understand the full significance of what he had said to me.
When he saw that I had grasped the idea, he asked if I would be willing to spend