The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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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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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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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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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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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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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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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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