A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThat 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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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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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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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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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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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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