Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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