Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

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Supporting a man in trouble is often as important as switching a railway needle in time: only an inch stands between catastrophe and smooth and safe travel.

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It is not the noble deeds of men, but the successful deeds that history hastens to record.

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Don't keep the blue vessels of your love and sensitivity sealed until your friends die. Fill their lives with sweetness while they are still alive. Speak words of comfort to them as long as their ears can hear them and as long as their hearts can be moved by your words.

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A person who does not know how to obsess about something when necessary cannot be considered rational.

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Often, unhappiness is an instrument through which God shapes us more beautifully.

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There is no stronger winner than the one who has managed to defeat himself.

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No person who has done a worthy deed has ever received less reward than he gave.

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No one can tell whether he is poor or rich by looking in the book; its income and expenses. The heart makes a man rich. Wealth is not determined by what a man has, but by how he is.

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The song sung by the mother, in the cradle, accompanies the man all his life, until death.

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Easily acquired victories are of little value. We can only be proud of those that are the result of a hard struggle.

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True self-respect consists in not thinking about yourself.

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Every merciful deed is a rung on a ladder that leads to heaven.

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In everyday cares, diligence can do all that a genius is capable of doing, and besides that, a lot of other things that a genius does not know how to do.

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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right application of power.

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All the lofty intentions, ideas, plans and feelings of man are of no use if they do not strengthen him to better fulfill his duty in his daily life.

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Newspaper ads contain more truth about what's going on without than editorials.

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A proud man is seldom grateful: he is always convinced that he receives less than he deserves.

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A soul without imagination is like an observer without a telescope.

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There are people so dry, you can soak them in jokes for a whole month and not one of them will get under their skin

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Of all earthly music the nearest to heaven is the beat of a truly loving heart.

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In this world it is not what we receive that makes us rich, but what we give.

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Contentment is the most beautiful flower of the soul.