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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERSome people are proud of their humility.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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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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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the truth.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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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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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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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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True obedience is true freedom.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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