Character and Conduct – 5 November – True Patience
The cable broke, the holding anchor lost, and half our sailors swallowed in the flood – Yet lives our Pilot still.
Character and Conduct – 4 November – Struggling
ONE would like one’s own failures to be one’s friends’ stepping stones…
Character and Conduct – 3 November – There Shall Never be one Lost Good
On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.
Character and Conduct – 2 November – Aspiration
IF a man constantly aspires, is he not elevated?
Character and Conduct – 1 November – The Evil of Brooding
DISAPPOINTMENT should always be taken as a stimulant, and never viewed as a discouragement.
Character and Conduct – 31 October – Pressing Forward
We should forget our successes if they cause pride or preoccupy the mind.
Character and Conduct – 30 October – Gaining or Losing Ground
If we are not improving we are losing ground.
Character and Conduct – 29 October – Day by Day
What’s good store up for Joy, the bad, well scann’d, wash off with tears, and get thy Master’s hand.
Character and Conduct – 28 October – Day by Day
TO-DAY is a king in disguise: let us unmask the king as he passes.
Character and Conduct – 27 October – Living in the Present
To-morrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
