There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
HENRY WARD BEECHERAre 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?
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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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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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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