Character is a journey, not a destination.
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
The Holy Spirit upon my left leads my feet without ceasing into the camp of the righteous and into the tents of the free.
Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.
I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be the easier path. You had to fight to be virtuous.
If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend on it, he is sinking downward to be a devil.
But, sir, I shall take the path of duty and shall not swerve from it.
I'm going to take the high road because the low road is so crowded.
Above, below, all around are the movements of the elements. But the motion of virtue is in none of these: it is something more divine, and advancing by a way hardly observed it goes happily on its road.
The straight path is not one that is reserved for a few. This should be taken by more of us.
