It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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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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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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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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To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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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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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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