There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTo know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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If 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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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.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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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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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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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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