Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe things that hurt us teach us.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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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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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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Love is the river of life in this world.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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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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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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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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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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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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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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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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