See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
HENRY WARD BEECHERDeath is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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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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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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.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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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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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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