Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
HENRY WARD BEECHEROnes best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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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.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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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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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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The 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.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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