“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
HENRY WARD BEECHERYou have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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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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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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