Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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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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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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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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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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