See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the truth.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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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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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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