Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIf a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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