That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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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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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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