Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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A mans' character is the reality of himself his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him character resides in him, reputation in other people that is the substance, this is the shadow.Henry Ward Beecher
Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.
Henry Ward Beecher
We should so live and labor in our times that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This expresses the true spirit in the love of mankind.
Henry Ward Beecher
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
Henry Ward Beecher
If you want your neighbor to know what the Christ spirit will do for him, let him see what it has done for you.
Henry Ward Beecher
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Henry Ward Beecher
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