Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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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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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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