It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
HENRY WARD BEECHERNo matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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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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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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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 real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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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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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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