Character and Conduct – 22 June – Sound Judgment
NEVER does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another.
Character and Conduct – 21 June – Sound Judgment
We find it difficult to think well of those by whom we are thwarted or depressed, and we are ready to admit every excuse for the vices of those who are useful or agreeable to us.
Character and Conduct – 20 June – Balance
…help to keep consistency from hardening to obstinacy, and common sense from sinking into time-serving;
Character and Conduct – 19 June – Balance
TEMPERANCE is reason’s girdle and passion’s bridle.
Character and Conduct – 18 June – Temperance
It is easier in many cases to pluck out the right eye or to cut off the right hand than to discipline and employ them.
Character and Conduct – 17 June – Spiritual Balance and Proportion
A WELL-GOVERNED mind learns in time to find pleasure in nothing but the true and the just.
Character and Conduct – 16 June – Public Opinion
SUPPOSE any man shall despise me. Let him look to that himself. But I will look to this, that I be not discovered doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
Carry That Weight – Words for those in the Funeral Profession
Whenever we put our own cares to one side and carry the weight of another’s grief we imitate Jesus who leads us through death to the life after life
Character and Conduct – 15 June – Public Opinion
We forget that while we are not required to judge our neighbours, we are required to judge ourselves.
Character and Conduct – 14 June – The Code of Society
THERE is no commoner danger than that of accepting the code of the society in which you live as the rule of right.
Suffolk Vicar 