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Henry Ward Beecher Quotations

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Excuses: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.

Expectation: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

Luck: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

Love: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

Sacrifice: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Wealth: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Friendship: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

Overcoming Adversity: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
One's best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Friendship: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Funny: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Imagination: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

Happiness: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

Health: Henry Ward Beecher Quotations
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

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