Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
HENRY WARD BEECHERFind out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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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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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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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.
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