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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTroubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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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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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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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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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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