Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhen a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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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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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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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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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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