The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhen a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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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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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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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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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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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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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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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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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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