The Curriculum of Character

_The Great School_

_The Purpose of the Course_

_The Price of Perfection_

_A good many resolutions die of heart failure._

_No man possesses more religion than he practices._

_When men say "our faults" they usually mean yours._

_There are no delights in the worship that dodges duty._

_When fear gets into the pulpit faith goes out of the pews._

_It's not the man with a putty backbone who is most truly resigned to

the will of God._

_When a man buys a horse on its specifications he is likely to call his

folly faith and its consequences the dispensation of Providence._

_It is folly to hope to have a clean heart when you pay no attention to

what enters its doorways._

_Some folks think they have the house of character because they possess

the plans of virtue._

_It is folly to talk of being guided by the light of your conscience

when you take pains to keep it in the dark._

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