Some people are proud of their humility.
HENRY WARD BEECHEREvery tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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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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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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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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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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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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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
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To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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