There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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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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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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