There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
HENRY WARD BEECHERNo 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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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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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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