Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
HENRY WARD BEECHEROur government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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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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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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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 art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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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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We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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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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