The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The dog is the god of frolic.

The dog is the god of frolic.

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

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.

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...

The unthankful heart...discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and,...

The unthankful heart...discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and,...

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

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...

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...

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up,...

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up,...

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

I really thought we'd win that

I really thought we'd win that

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them....

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them....