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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERCompassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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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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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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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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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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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 tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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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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When 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.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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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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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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