Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWell married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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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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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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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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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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