It Takes Courage

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 6, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 39.

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To LIVE according to your convictions.

Not to bend the knee to popular prejudice.

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

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

To refuse, even tho poor, to knuckle and bend the knee to the wealthy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 throw up a position with a good salary when it is the only business you know, and you have a family depending upon you, because it does not have your unqualified approval.—Success Magazine.