Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
HENRY WARD BEECHERSome men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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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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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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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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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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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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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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