Sorrow makes men sincere.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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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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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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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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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.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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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 cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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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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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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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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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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