Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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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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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 for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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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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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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