Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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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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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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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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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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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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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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