Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
HENRY WARD BEECHER
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“Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.”
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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher “I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher 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 BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The dog is the god of frolic.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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