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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.

Henry Ward Beecher

The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Devil Mean World
A 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.
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Government Himself Mindset Principle Reading Symbol Thinking
A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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Barrel Man Pieces
If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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Neighbor See Yourself
A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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Angry Dignity Evil Goodness Man
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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Art Common Happiness Power
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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Burn Cancel Forgiveness Myself Way
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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Bad Complain Early Hard Work Honesty Luck Rise
The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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Children Heart Mom Room School
The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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Bible Bottom God Reach Sea Yourself
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Greatness Lying Right Strength Strong
Some people are proud of their humility.
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Humility People Proud
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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Beat Heart Heaven Love Music Reach
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Blossom Fair Gratitude Soul
No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Cheating Man Selfish
Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Humble Man Proud Walk Yourself

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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