In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Quote by Henry Ward Beecher
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
- Young love is a flame very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
- Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
- God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
- Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
- Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
- The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
- I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
- Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
- A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
- God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
Best Quotes
- When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may last several hours.
- Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
- Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
- I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.
- They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny.
- I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I'd bring things to class that I'd cooked at home.
- You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress.
- Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.
- Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid.
- Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America.