The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThere is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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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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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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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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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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