The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERCompassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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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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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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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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