True obedience is true freedom.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIn this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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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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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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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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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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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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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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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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