We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

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.

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...

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in...

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in...

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

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.

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.

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.

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength...

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength...

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

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...

Now comes the mystery.

Now comes the mystery.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because...

I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because...

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.