The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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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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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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