You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIn this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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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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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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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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