Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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

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

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot...

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot...

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to...

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what...

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what...

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

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...

It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the...

It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the...

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

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...

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

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

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

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

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

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

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...