Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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