There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon…

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance;...

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance;...

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the...

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the...

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot...

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot...

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It...

It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It...

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,...

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.

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...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

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...

The dog is the god of frolic.

The dog is the god of frolic.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.