The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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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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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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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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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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