The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

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

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

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

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...

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for...

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for...

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

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.

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,...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger....

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger....

When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge...

When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge...

The hardest thing to take care of...is a girl's heart...

The hardest thing to take care of...is a girl's heart...

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Wealth is not a matter of intelligence it's a matter of inspiration.

Wealth is not a matter of intelligence it's a matter of inspiration.