What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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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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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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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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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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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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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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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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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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