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Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food 
--Henry Ward Beecher 

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. 
Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. 
Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that 
destroys the machinery, but the friction. 
Fear secrets acids; but love and trust are sweet juices. 
--Henry Ward Beecher 

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

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade. 
--Henry Ward Beecher 

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. 
--Henry Ward Beecher 

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. 
--Henry Ward Beecher 

Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. 
Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else 
--Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) clergyman 

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, 
jolted by every pebble in the road. 
--Henry Ward Beecher 

When God wanted sponges and oysters, He made them and put one on a rock 
and the other in the mud. When He made man, He did not make him to be a 
sponge or an oyster; He made him with feet and hands, and head and heart, 
and vital blood, and a place to use them, and He said to him, Go Work. 
--Henry Ward Beecher 

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, 
but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, 
he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, 
the history which belongs to the Nation which belongs to the 
Nation that sets it forth. 
--Henry Ward Beecher 

One's best success comes after their greatest disappointments. 
--Henry Ward Beecher