I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
HENRY WARD BEECHERYou are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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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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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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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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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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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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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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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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