God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
HENRY WARD BEECHERBe a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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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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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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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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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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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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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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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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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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