Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERDo not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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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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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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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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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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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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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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