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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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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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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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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 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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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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