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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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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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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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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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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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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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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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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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