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If those who possess them would strengthen the weak points in their character by cultivation and exercise, they would become strong.— Testimonies for the Church 3:33 (1872) .

All should cultivate patience by practicing patience. By being kind and forbearing, true love may be kept warm in the heart, and qualities will be developed that Heaven will approve. The Review and Herald, February 2, 1886 .

With Your Children in Work and Play —Give some of your leisure hours to your children; associate with them in their work and in their sports, and win their confidence. Cultivate their friendship. Counsels to Teachers, Parents, and Students, 124 .

Try to help your wife in the conflict before her. Be careful of your words, cultivate refinement of manners, courtesy, gentleness, and you will be rewarded for so doing. Testimonies for the Church 2:84 .

Of all things that are sought, cherished, and cultivated, there is nothing so valuable in the sight of God as a pure heart, a disposition imbued with thankfulness and peace.

All should cultivate patience by practicing patience. By being kind and forbearing, true love may be kept warm in the heart, and qualities will be developed that Heaven will approve.

Avoid reading and seeing things which will suggest impure thoughts. Cultivate the moral and intellectual powers. Let not these noble powers become enfeebled and perverted by much reading of even storybooks.

We greatly need to encourage and cultivate pure, chaste thoughts and to strengthen the moral powers rather than the lower and carnal powers. God help us to awake from our self-indulgent appetites!— Letter 72, 1896. ( Medical Ministry, 277, 278 ).

A Branch of Education Not to Be Neglected —Christian sociability is altogether too little cultivated by God's people. This branch of education should not be neglected or lost sight of in our schools.— Testimonies for the Church 6:172 (1900) .

… and cultivate love and confidence. The Signs of the Times, June 20, 1911 ( The Signs of the Times, November 14, 1892 ).