He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWe let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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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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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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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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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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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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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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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.
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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