I am acquainted with a wife and mother who is chained securely at the present time to a life-style of murmuring and criticism. She is the first to point out faults in her husband or to repeat neighborhood gossip. How damaging is a habit that permits fault-finding, character assassination, and the sharing of malicious rumors! Gossip and caustic comments often create chains of contention. These chains may appear to be very small, but what misery and woe they can cause!

We are poor in character when we think getting by is a substitute for doing our best.

Striving can be more important than arriving.

One little lie or dishonest act leads to another until the perpetrator is caught in the web of deceit.

One who practices pure religion soon discovers it is more rewarding to lift a man up than to hold him down.

All of us need to be constantly reminded it takes a heap of living and loving to make a house a home.

If you have self-respect, you will take satisfaction in being well groomed and will not allow yourself to perform shabbily. You will continue to work toward high standards and goals to serve others, to continue and to practice self-discipline. You will not compromise your standards or beliefs.