It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
HENRY WARD BEECHERPushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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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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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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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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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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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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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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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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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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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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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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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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