Sorrow makes men sincere.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWe go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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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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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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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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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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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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A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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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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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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