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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.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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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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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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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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