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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Repentance is another name for aspiration.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher 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.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher
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Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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Never change who you are, and be the best you can be.
Patrick Mahomes IIPatrick Mahomes II The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
John DeweyJohn Dewey Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
Hannah ArendtHannah Arendt The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
Jack CanfieldJack Canfield Want your voice to be heard? Use your voice. Want more change? Make more change. Need more love? Give more love.
Katy PerryKaty Perry To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head.
Jean-Paul SartreJean-Paul Sartre Our thinking today is charged with the task to think what the Greeks have thought in an even more Greek manner.
Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger