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

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the...

There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up,...

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up,...

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong,...

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong,...

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer...

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer...

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength...

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Humor has a way of bringing people together. It unites people. In fact, I'm rather...

Humor has a way of bringing people together. It unites people. In fact, I'm rather...

Humor is wit and love.

Humor is wit and love.

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often...

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often...

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.