Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

Great Exemplar?
Fellow laborers, we are each sowing seed in the
fields of life. As is the seed, so will be the harvest.
If we sow distrust, envy, jealousy, self-love,
bitterness of thought and feeling, we shall reap
bitterness to our own souls. If we manifest
kindness, love, tender thought for the feelings of
others, we shall receive the same in return.
Christian Courtesy
The teacher who is severe, critical, overbearing,
heedless of others’ feelings, must expect the same
spirit to be manifested toward himself. He who
wishes to preserve his own dignity and self-respect
must be careful not to wound needlessly the selfrespect
of others. This rule should be sacredly
observed toward the dullest, the youngest, the most
blundering students. What God intends to do with
these apparently uninteresting youth, you do not
know. He has, in the past, accepted persons no
more promising or attractive, to do a great work for
Him. His Spirit, moving upon the heart, has
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