We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIf you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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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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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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