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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Learning Life Ourselves Reading Remember Struggle
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?
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Afraid Death Heroic Inspirational Loud Motivational Noble Patriotism Society Talk
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.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Burn Cancel Forgiveness Myself Way
Love is the river of life in this world.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Life Love River World
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Himself Poor Rich
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Church Education Exhibition Gallery Imperfection Oneself
No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Emotion Form Retainment Wave
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Compassionate Cure Kindness Sin
The dog is the god of frolic.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Dog God One Liner
If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Neighbor See Yourself
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.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Corruption Government Ourselves Revolution Stand Vote
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.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Advertisement Column Community Knowledge Respect State
In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Burden Family Goodness Happiness Ratio Seek
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Dangerous Ignorance People
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Egg Herself Man Rich
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Access Door Each Other Reach Right

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