Being and Doing – 14 February – Character

      

 We alter day by day:

Each little moment as life’s current rolls,

Stamps some faint impress on our yielding souls;

       We may not rest nor stay,

Drifting on tides unseen to one dread goal and sure.”

LEWIS MORRIS.

PROBABLY there is no such thing as an indifferent moment, – a moment in which our characters are not being secretly shaped by the bias of our will, either for good or evil.

GOULBURN.

BY repeated choices we form our character.

ROCHEFOUCAULD.

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These quotes are from ‘Being and Doing’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.

Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1908 for members of the Being and Doing Guild whose object is to do all they can for the relief of suffering and misery.

Most of the writers are 19th Century Christians from Britain and Europe who were committed to living their faith through deeds as well as words – Being AND Doing.

For many years these words have kept me company and encouraged me on the journey of faith.  I hope they will encourage others also.