There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
HENRY WARD BEECHERI never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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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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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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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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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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