The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
HENRY WARD BEECHERGod 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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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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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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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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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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