To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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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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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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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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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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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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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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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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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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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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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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