There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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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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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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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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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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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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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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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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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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