Sorrow makes men sincere.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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