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 BEECHERThere 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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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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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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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.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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