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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERLeaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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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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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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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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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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