Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
HENRY WARD BEECHERYou never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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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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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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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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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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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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