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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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

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.

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

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...

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will...

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will...

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour,...

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour,...

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

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

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

A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes...

A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes...

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

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

Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last...

Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last...

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...

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we...

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Life is a wilderness of twists and turns, where faith is your only compass.

Life is a wilderness of twists and turns, where faith is your only compass.

Faith is an invisible and invincible magnet, and attracts to itself whatever it fervently desires...

Faith is an invisible and invincible magnet, and attracts to itself whatever it fervently desires...