Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

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• Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
• It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
• 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…
• We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
• We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
• A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
• Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
• Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
• Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse 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…
• Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
• The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will…
• Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
• Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
• There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
• Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
• Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
• Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or…
• A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
• Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.

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