Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIf you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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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.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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