Precept & Practice – FEBRUARY 19 – Self-respect

At the heart of all growth in strength and worth is the principle of self-respect.   Without it no man finds his place of plays his part in life;  it is the necessary condition of rendering the service one was sent into the world to render.   To lose it by one’s own fault is a profanity like Esau’s;  to be robbed of it by others is the very utmost wrong.   When it is gone, there is no depth to which one may not fall;  when it is safe, there is no height to which God may not lead one, no work one may not core to do for His sake.

Bishop Pegel (Studies in the Christian Character)

Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.   In the assurance of strength there is strength, and they are weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves, or their powers. 

Borle

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From the Introduction to Precept and Practice

The kindly welcome given to my other little books, ‘Being and Doing’ and ‘Character and Conduct,’ must be my excuse for adding another collection of extracts to the number now in circulation.

The quotations are gathered from the books of many earnest thinkers, and deal with Life in all its length and breadth, with ourselves, our characters, our plain unvarnished faults and weaknesses, our often untoward circumstances, and with all that drags us down;-  with our purposes, our religion, our love and friendships, and with all that uplifts us;-  with our relation to others, our influence and responsibilities, and finally with those stages of our journey which bring us to the Road’s Last Turn and to the Silent Land.

CONSTANCE  M. WHISHAW