Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
HENRY WARD BEECHERNo grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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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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Love is the river of life in this world.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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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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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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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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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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