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 BEECHERWe should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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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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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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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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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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