Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Quote by Hosea Ballou

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Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little...

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little...

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

Mystery and innocence are not akin

Mystery and innocence are not akin

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than...

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than...

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is...

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is...

Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.

Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is...

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is...

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It...

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It...

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his...

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his...

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

We want consumers to say, 'That's a hell of a product' instead of, 'That's a...

We want consumers to say, 'That's a hell of a product' instead of, 'That's a...

I understand small business growth. I was one.

I understand small business growth. I was one.

Don't lower your standards. Instead, wait for people to rise up to your expectations.

Don't lower your standards. Instead, wait for people to rise up to your expectations.