If a boy is not trained to endure and to bear trouble, he will grow up a girl; and a boy that is a girl has all a girl's weakness without any of her regal qualities. A woman made out of a woman is God's noblest work; a woman made out of a man is His meanest.

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.

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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expe... by Henry Ward Beecher

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.

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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much bet... by Henry Ward Beecher

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.

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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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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

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We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character.

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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness... by Henry Ward Beecher

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their... by Henry Ward Beecher

Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer.

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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.

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There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read, and they find nitre and charcoal and sulphur for powder. They read, and they find cannon. They read, and they make portholes and embrasures. And if a man does not believe as they do, they look upon him as an enemy, and let fly the Bible at him to demolish him. So men turn the word of God into a vast arsenal, filled with all manner of weapons, offensive and defensive.

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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the bea... by Henry Ward Beecher

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.

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The most dangerous people are the ignorant. by Henry Ward Beecher

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.

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