Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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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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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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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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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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