The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERGod sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation’s young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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