The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
HENRY WARD BEECHERGod sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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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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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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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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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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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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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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