The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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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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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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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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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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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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