It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
HENRY WARD BEECHERI never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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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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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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