The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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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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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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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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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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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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