The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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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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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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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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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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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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