It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
HENRY WARD BEECHERBooks are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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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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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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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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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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True obedience is true freedom.
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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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