Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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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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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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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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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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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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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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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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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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