Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
HENRY WARD BEECHERHome should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation’s young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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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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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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