It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
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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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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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.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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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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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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