Some people are proud of their humility.
HENRY WARD BEECHERSorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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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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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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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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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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