Mind, Character and Personality, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

Diet and Foods, 181.)
Development the Result of Effort.—Children
should be taught that development of both mental
and the physical powers rests with themselves; it is
the result of effort.—The Signs of the Times,
February 9, 1882. (Child Guidance, 206.)
Immutable Laws.—Right physical habits
promote mental superiority. Intellectual power,
physical strength, and longevity depend upon
immutable laws.—Christian Temperance and Bible
Hygiene, 28, 1890. (Counsels on Diet and Foods,
29.)
Mind Strengthens Under Correct
Treatment.—Every day men in positions of trust
have decisions to make upon which depend results
of great importance. Often they have to think
rapidly, and this can be done successfully by those
only who practice strict temperance. The mind
strengthens under the correct treatment of the
physical and mental powers. If the strain is not too
great, new vigor comes with every taxation.
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