It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of the voyage.
Henry Ward Beecher
- Life
- 1813-1887
- Occupations
- politician, journalist, theologian
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On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that, citizens; on this side, orphans; on that, children; on this side, captives; on that, free men.
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