It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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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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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
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