Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
HENRY WARD BEECHERBlessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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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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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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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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There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
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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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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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