We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
If 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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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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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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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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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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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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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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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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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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