Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
HENRY WARD BEECHERLaws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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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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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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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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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.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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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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