The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
HENRY WARD BEECHERNext to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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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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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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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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