Act not for the little span of time allotted you in this world, but act for eternity. Every man should aim at the possession of a good character as one of the highest objects of his life. The very effort to secure it by worthy means will furnish him with a motive for exertion. Character is like stock in trade. The more of it a man possesses, the greater his facilities for adding to it.
Character is power and influence.
It makes friends, creates funds, draws patronage and support, and opens a sure and easy way to wealth, honor, and happiness. Truthfulness is a corner-stone in character and if it is not firmly laid in youth, there will be ever after a weak spot in the foundation. The value of character is the standard of human progress. The individual, the community, the nation tells its standing, advancement, its worth, wealth, and glory in the eye of God, by its estimation of character. Wherever character is made a secondary object, sensualism and crime prevail.