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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERLaws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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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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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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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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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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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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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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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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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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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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