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.
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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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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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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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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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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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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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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