Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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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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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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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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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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True obedience is true freedom.
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