The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThere is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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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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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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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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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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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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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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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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