It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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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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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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