Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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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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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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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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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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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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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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