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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.

Henry Ward Beecher

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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Character End Happiness Life
Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Excuse Home Religion Spread
It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Dress Leaving Tree
No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Cheating Man Selfish
The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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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.
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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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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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