The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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?
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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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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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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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The things that hurt us teach us.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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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.
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If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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