Sorrow makes men sincere.
HENRY WARD BEECHERGratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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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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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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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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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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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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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.
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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
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