CHARACTER.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18203, 2 March 1929, Page 9

CHARACTER.

S 3 _ == H = Remember that to change thy mind and to fol- = =5 low I*™ that sets thee right is to be none the less =E= == the free agent that thou wast before. == EE —Marcus Aurelius. EE ~~ There are loyal hearts and spirits brave, E= j= There are souls that are pure and true; ~ = Then give to the world the best you have, •== And the best shall.come back to you. as Give love, and love to your heart will flow— EE ~ A strength in your utmost need; j== ss Have faith, and a score of hearts will show EE = Their faith in your work and deed. == bb —M. S. Bridges. EE =b To have what we want is riches, but to be able =§ Egg to do without is power.—George Macdonald. g=j =| Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small consid- =■= bb erations, habitually practised in our social inter- == ~ course, give a greatei charm to the character than == b= the display of great talents and accomplishments. EE = —M. A. Kelly. || EE Tincture all your thoughts with kindness, all HE =b your ambitions with helpfulness, all your acts with bb EE determination, if you would make a lasting impres- EE b= sion upon your world, be it big or little; but remem- SE ggj her that the possession of these virtues, and all S = others, cannot save you from calumny if you insist HE = upon doing your own thinking. == HE If you would be a maj, speak what you think EH ~ to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to- EES morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard EE ~ words again, though it contradict everything you EE said to-day.—R. W. Emerson. ' 5= SEE A Preachment. b; HI Be kind; it makes your life like a June day, SEE bb attracts friends and enemies. EE B e just; you never can tell how soon the fellow E= bb to whom you are unjust will have the screws on you. bb HE . Be joyous; there is but one life to live, and to HE = miss having had any gratification out of it is a EE calamity, indeed. =H EH Be true; then you may expect others to be true HE == to you. =S EE . tie sincere; others noting your sincerity will give EH =b their confidences and be likewise sincere with you. j== §= . Be thoughtful; the iron enters the sou! in after- EH == tife when we Have been neglectful of those 'who Eb bb loved us.—Byron Williams. HE