In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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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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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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