Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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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,...

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful...

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful...

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

Love is the river of life in the world.

Love is the river of life in the world.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

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...

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...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if...

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark...

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark...

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at...

The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows

Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows

I'm not insecure. I've been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I've...

I'm not insecure. I've been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I've...

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear