To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTroubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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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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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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There 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.
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