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.
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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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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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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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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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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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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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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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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