Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
HENRY WARD BEECHERYoung 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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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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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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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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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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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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