The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
HENRY WARD BEECHER
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Henry Ward Beecher170 quotes“The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.”
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher 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.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher
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Bert WilliamsBert Williams There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
Bernard WilliamsBernard Williams I am sure it will grow back.’ The doctor said, ‘You’re too young to know.’ …But in a year’s time that fluid came back, and that eye is just as good as the other one today.
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