The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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