The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
HENRY WARD BEECHEREveryone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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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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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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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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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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