God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
A 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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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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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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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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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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