Character and Conduct – 4 January – Holiness

JESUS and His Apostles teach that the supreme success of life is not to escape pain but to lay hold on righteousness, not to possess but to be holy, not to get things from God but to be like God.   They were ever bidding Christians beware of ease, ever rousing them to surrender and sacrifice.

The Potter’s Wheel, Dr. JOHN WATSON

THE end of life is not to deny self, nor to be true, nor to keep the Ten Commandments – it is simply to do God’s will.   It is not to get good nor be good, nor even to do good – it is just what God wills, whether that be working or waiting, or winning or losing, or suffering or recovering, or living or dying.

The Ideal Life, HENRY DRUMMOND

DO not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years.   Death hangs over thee.   While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.

MARCUS AURELIUS

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

Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1905 as a follow up to her volume of Daily Readings for members of the Being and Doing Guild who asked for an additional volume

In her preface Whishaw writes:

‘This collection of noble thoughts expressed by men and women of past and present ages who have endeavoured to leave the world a little better than they found it.’

It is my hope in publishing the her readers may be inspired to imitate the example of the authors.