The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERBlessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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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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Love is the river of life in this world.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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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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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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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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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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