The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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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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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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