Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
HENRY WARD BEECHERSome men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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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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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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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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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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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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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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