We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTroubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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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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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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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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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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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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