Moral Courage | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 27, 1864

Moral Courage.

Have the courage to discharge a debt while you have the money in your pocket.

Have the courage to speak your mind when it is necessary you should do so, and hold your tongue when it is prudent to do so.

Have the courage to speak to a friend in a "seedy" coat, even though you are in company with a rich one, and well attired.

Have the courage to own you are poor, and disarm poverty of its sharpest sting.

Have the courage to "cut" the most agreeable acquaintance you have, when you are convinced that he lacks principle. A friend should bear with a friend's infirmities, but not with his vices.

Have the courage to show your respect for honesty, in whatever guise it appears; and your contempt for dishonesty and duplicity, by whomsoever exhibited.

Have the courage to wear your old clothes until you can pay for new ones.

Have the courage to obey your own conscience, at the risk of being ridiculed by men.

Have the courage to wear thick boots in the winter, and insist upon your wife and daughters doing the same.

Have the courage to prefer comfort and propriety to fashion, in all things.