No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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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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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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