Repentance is another name for aspiration.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTrue obedience is true freedom.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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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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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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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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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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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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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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