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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERJoy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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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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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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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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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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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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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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