Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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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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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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