The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIf you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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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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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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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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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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