The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of … - Henry Ward Beecher

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Be reckless enough to gamble all or nothing to follow your dreams

Henry Ward Beecher

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

Expressive, Eye, Flower, Men, See, Take

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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.

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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.

Cleansing, Clouds, Heaven, Sorrow, Sorrows

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

Asks, God, Life, Men, Success

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

Joy, Love, Positive, Summer, Trees, Wide

Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.

Ask, Capacity, Direction, Hate, Men, Thinking

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