We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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