You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
HENRY WARD BEECHERSome 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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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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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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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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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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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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