Faith is spiritualized imagination.
HENRY WARD BEECHERSome people are proud of their humility.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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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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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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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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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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It 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.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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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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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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