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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

Henry Ward Beecher

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Egg Herself Man Rich
A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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Angry Dignity Man Storm Stream Summer
The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Day Morning Time
The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Devil Mean World
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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Cheating Day Eat Enjoyment Friendship Future Happiness Yourself
The things that hurt us teach us.
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Hurt Ourselves Teaching Thing
When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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Heaven Man Perfection Place System Talk
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Discipline Government Liberty Man
No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Cheating Man Selfish
Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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Adversity Defeat Right Sweet Victory Yourself
A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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Character Form Man People Reality Shadow Substance
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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Foundation Man Moral Remember Young
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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Cage Inspirational Potential Worth Yourself
The beginning is the promise of the end.
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Beginning End Promise
It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Character Nature Saint Sin
A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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Barrel Man Pieces

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