Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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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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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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