As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
HENRY WARD BEECHERDownright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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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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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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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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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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