The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTo become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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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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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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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
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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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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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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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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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