Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThere is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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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 real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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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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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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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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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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