Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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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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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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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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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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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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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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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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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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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
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