p. 12 | It Takes Courage

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 26, 1909

It Takes Courage

To speak the truth when, by a little prevarication, you can get some great advantage.

To live according to your convictions.

To be what you are, and not pretend to be what you are not.

To live honestly within your means, and not dishonestly upon the means of others.

When mortified and embarrassed by humiliating disaster, to seek in the wreck or ruin the elements of future conquest.

To refuse to make a living in a questionable vocation.

To refuse to do a thing which you think is wrong, because it is customary and done in trade.

To be talked about and yet remain silent when a word would justify you in the eyes of others, but which you can not speak without injury to another.

To face slander and lies, and to carry yourself with cheerfulness, grace, and dignity for years before the lie can be corrected.

To stand firmly erect while others are bowing and fawning for praise and power.

To remain in honest poverty while others grow rich by questionable methods.

To say “No” squarely when those around you say “Yes.”

To do your duty in silence, obscurity, and poverty, while others about you prosper through neglecting or violating sacred obligations.

Not to bend the knee to popular prejudice.— Success Magazine.