Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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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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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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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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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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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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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.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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