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His Own Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
- Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
- 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…
- He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
- The beginnings of moral enterprises in this world are never to be measured by any apparent growth. ... At length comes the sudden ripeness and…
- Men strengthen each other in their faults. Those who are alike associate together, repeat the things which all believe, defend and stimulate their common faults…
- Let every man come to God in his own way.
- Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye, that…
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- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as… — Teresa of Avila
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility… — Irving Babbitt
- We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right… — Michele Bachmann
- A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. — Francis Bacon
- An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he… — Walter Bagehot
- He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest. — Abu Bakr