The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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 dog is the god of frolic.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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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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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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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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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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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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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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