The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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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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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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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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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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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