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.
HENRY WARD BEECHEROf all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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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 thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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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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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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