truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Mon 29 January 2007 8:33 am

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
Henry Ward Beecher

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
Henry Ward Beecher

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Mon 29 January 2007 8:34 am

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.
Henry Ward Beecher

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Mon 29 January 2007 8:35 am

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
Henry Ward Beecher

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Mon 29 January 2007 8:36 am

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
Henry Ward Beecher

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Mon 29 January 2007 8:38 am

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

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Mon 29 January 2007 8:38 am

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Henry Ward Beecher

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Mon 29 January 2007 8:39 am

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher