Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEBy what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond?
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of its preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or less extent, what shall be the health of that family.
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All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
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Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.
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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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It is generally understood that men don’t aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.
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Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
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So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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I am one of the sort that lives by throwing stones at other people’s glass houses, but I never mean to put up one for them to stone.
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It is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the oppressed – who cannot speak for themselves.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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A woman’s health is her capital.
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