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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThat is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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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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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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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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