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.
HENRY WARD BEECHEREvery artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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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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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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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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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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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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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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