Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTo do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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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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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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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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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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