It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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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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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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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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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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