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 BEECHERHome should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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