True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
HENRY WARD BEECHEREveryone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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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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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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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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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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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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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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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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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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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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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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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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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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