Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHe is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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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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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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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.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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