True obedience is true freedom.
HENRY WARD BEECHERDownright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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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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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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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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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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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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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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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 become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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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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