Character and Conduct – 2 August – Influence
Do we not all know how apt we are to become like those whom we see, with whom we spend our hours, and, above all, like those whom we admire and honour? For good and for evil, alas!
Author: suffolkvicar
A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Character and Conduct – 1 August – Quench Not the Smoking Flax
THE best we can do for each other is to remove unnecessary obstacles, and the worst – to weaken any of the motives which urge us to strive.
Character and Conduct – 31 July – Quench not the Smoking Flax
‘QUENCH not the smoking flax’ – to which I add, ‘Never give unnecessary pain.’ The cricket is not the nightingale; why tell him so?
Character and Conduct – 30 July – Influence
A MAN who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.
Character and Conduct – 29 July – Influence
There are germs of moral health or disease continually passing from us and infecting for good or ill those about us.
Character and Conduct – 28 July – Manners
Character and Conduct – 28 July – Manners THERE are many tests by which a gentleman may be known:- but there is one that never fails – How does he exercise power over those subordinate to him? How does he conduct himself towards women and children?… He who bullies those who are not in a position to resist,… Continue reading Character and Conduct – 28 July – Manners
A Sermon: A FOD Plod with God
When we walk closely with Jesus we find that even the debris of our lives becomes a source of joy and hope.
Character and Conduct – 27 July – Manners
MANNERS are the ornament of action, and there is a way of speaking a kind word, or of doing a kind thing, which greatly enhances its value.
Character and Conduct – 26 July – Manners
Character and Conduct – 26 July – Manners MANNERS aim to facilitate life, to get rid of all impediments. They aid our dealings and conversation, as a railway aids travelling, by getting rid of all the obstructions on the road. EMERSON DEFECT in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. EMERSON HE is beautiful in… Continue reading Character and Conduct – 26 July – Manners
Character and Conduct – 25 July – Manners
THE gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne;
For a man by nothing is so well bewrayed
As by his manners.
Suffolk Vicar 