It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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