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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

Henry Ward Beecher

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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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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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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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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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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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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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