Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
HENRY WARD BEECHEREducation is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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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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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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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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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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