The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEthere is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
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I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.
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The heart has no tears to give,–it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.
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Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life’s undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room.
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Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.
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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.
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Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land!
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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us.
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Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
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I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
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