Henry Ward Beecher – Purpee Quotes

We should not judge people by their

Posted on December 28, 2018December 28, 2005 by admin

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Category: wisdom
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The ability to convert ideas to things

Posted on September 27, 2018September 27, 2005 by admin

“The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Category: success
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The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but

Posted on June 22, 2018June 22, 2005 by admin

“The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!”

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Success is full of promise till one

Posted on April 17, 2018April 17, 2005 by admin

“Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Category: success
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Greatness lies, not in being strong, but

Posted on March 9, 2018March 9, 2005 by admin

“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

Author: Henry Ward Beecher
Category: strength
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