He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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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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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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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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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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