Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
HENRY WARD BEECHERInterest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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