Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
HENRY WARD BEECHERI never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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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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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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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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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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