In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHome should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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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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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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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.
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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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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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