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Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Henry Ward Beecher : American preacher, speaker & writer
Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
 
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Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Henry Ward Beecher : American preacher, speaker & writer
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A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

Henry Ward Beecher : American preacher, speaker & writer
Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
 
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The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

Henry Ward Beecher : American preacher, speaker & writer
Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient & Modern
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

Henry Ward Beecher : American preacher, speaker & writer
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

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Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
 
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In this world it is not what you take up but what you give up that makes you rich.

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Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you.

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Gratitude is the fairest blossom Which springs from the soul.

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A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation's young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.

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