Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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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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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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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.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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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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