Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWell married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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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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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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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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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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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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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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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.
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