This is the day for
excellence of character and conduct. We should all adorn ourselves with these
ornaments of the Kingdom while still in this world of being, so that we may
render fit service to the Threshold of the Most Merciful.
- Shoghi Effendi (In the hand writing
of Shoghi Effendi, appended to a letter dated 24 November 1924 written on his
behalf to an individual believer- translated from the Persian; The Compilation
of Compilations, vol. I, Trustworthiness: A Cardinal Bahá'í Virtue)