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The beginning is the promise of the end.

Henry Ward Beecher

He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Gospel Himself Public Wisdom
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Generosity Lost Myself
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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Cage Inspirational Potential Worth Yourself
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Excuse Himself Man Reality
Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Beautiful Creation God Trade
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Better Fashion God Tools Trouble
No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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God Grace Help Himself Man
Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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Afraid Death Heroic Inspirational Loud Motivational Noble Patriotism Society Talk
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Ability Ideas Secret Success
Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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Cleaning Close Cloud Earth Instrument Purify Sorrow Storm
Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Dress Leaving Tree
The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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Democracy Ideas Level Liberty Man Reality
We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Blessing Call Curse Name
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.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Burn Cancel Forgiveness Myself Way
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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Deserve Gratitude Humble Mindset Pride Thankful Thinking
It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Deck Strong Test Weakness

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