Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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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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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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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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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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True obedience is true freedom.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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