True Education Develops Character—The education and training of the youth is an important and solemn work. The great object to be secured should be the proper development of character, that the individual may be fitted rightly to discharge the duties of the present life and to enter at last upon the future, immortal life. Eternity will reveal the manner in which the work has been performed. If ministers and teachers could have a full sense of their responsibility, we should see a different state of things in the world today. But they are too narrow in their views and purposes. They do not realize the importance of their work or its results.—Testimonies for the Church 4:418 (1880). {1MCP 361.3}

Den største værdi, er at opbygge karakter. - Eleverne (på Avondaleskolen) arbejder hårdt og trofast. De opnår kraftens styrke og i fasthed så vel som musklernes aktivitet. Det er den rigtige uddannelse der vil bringe unge mennesker frem fra vore skoler der ikke er svage og virkningsløse, der ikke har en ensidig uddannelse, men en alsidig fysisk, mental og moralsk oplæring.