Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
HENRY WARD BEECHEREducation is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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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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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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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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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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