Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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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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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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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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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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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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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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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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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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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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