He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHome should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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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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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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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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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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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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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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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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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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