Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with...

The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with...

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

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,...

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

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...

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 philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

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,...

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

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

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their...

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their...

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he...

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he...

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

This is war, not a beauty pageant, do what you have to do to make...

This is war, not a beauty pageant, do what you have to do to make...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...