Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhen 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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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 advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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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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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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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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