Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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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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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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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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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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