If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWe go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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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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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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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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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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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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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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