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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhat I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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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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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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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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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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