Character and Conduct – 18 November – Bearing Troubles
When things first got to goin’ wrong with me, I says, ‘Oh, Lord, whatever comes, keep me from gettin’ sour.’…
Category: Being and Doing
Character and Conduct – 17 November – Magnifying Troubles
I PACK my troubles in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others
Character and Conduct – 16 November – Discontent
TO repel one’s cross is to make it heavier.
Character and Conduct – 15 November – Contentment
NOTHING can bring you peace but yourself, nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principle.
Character and Conduct – 14 November – Contentment
DO not let your head run upon that which is none of your own,
Character and Conduct – 13 November – Self-Centred People
IT is self-centred people that are lonely-the richer the gift, the richer the giver.
Character and Conduct – 12 November – Discontent
LOOK within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
Character and Conduct – 11 November – The Duty of Happiness
REFLECT upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Character and Conduct – 10 November – Rest
It is the replacing of all self-love by the love of our fellow-men; a direction of the soul to God through man.
Character and Conduct – 9 November – Unrest
Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
Suffolk Vicar 