Tag: Henry Ward Beecher
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You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Suffering is part of the divine idea.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
Henry Ward Beecher
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What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
Henry Ward Beecher
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God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men’s weaknesses.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
Henry Ward Beecher
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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