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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHome should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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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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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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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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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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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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