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!
HENRY WARD BEECHERThere is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation’s young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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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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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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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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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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