The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
HENRY WARD BEECHERChildren are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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