The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHome should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation’s young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.
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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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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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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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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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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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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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