"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else."
"Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere."
"Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown."
"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."
"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."
"Now comes the mystery! (last words)"
"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."
"Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven."
"Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one."
"All words are pegs to hang ideas on."
"Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself."
"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 its flame burns low."
"Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere."
"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child."
"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."