See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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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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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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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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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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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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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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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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