Henry Ward Beecher quotes - page 7

Love is the river of life in the world. (Henry Ward Beecher)
We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's. View quote
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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. View quote
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Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life. View quote
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Let it be understood that the end of our existence here is that we may be more God-like ... and that we are placed here to grow strong and noble, and not merely to enjoy. View quote
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Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends. View quote
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There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave. View quote
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Tears are often the telescope through which men see far into heaven. View quote
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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. View quote
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Expedients are for the hour principles for the ages. View quote
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If a man cannot be a Christian in the place he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere. (Henry Ward Beecher)
And what the mother sings to the cradle goes all the way to the coffin. View quote
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause. View quote
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Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. View quote
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A servant is one who receives orders, and is not admitted to conference. He does not know about his lord's affairs. View quote
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The truth is larger than any one man's thought of it. The truth of God usually has relations that stretch out in such a way that men may see it very differently, and all of them be true in spots, although they do not have the whole truth. View quote
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I ask myself: "What is that tree?" It is everything. It is God's voice, when the winds are abroad. It is God's thought, when in the deep stillness of the noon it is silent. It is the house which God has built for a thousand birds. It is a harbour of comfort to weary men and to the cattle of the field. It is that which has in it the record of ages. There it has stood for a century. The winter could not kill it, and the summer could not destroy it. It is full of beauty and strength. It has in it all these things ; and as different men look at it, each looks at so much of it as he needs ; but it takes ten men to see everything that there is in that tree - and they all do not half see it. View quote
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The soul's inarticulate moanings are the affections yearning for the Infinite, and having no one to tell them what it is that ails them. View quote
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There never was a person that did anything worth doing who did not really receive more than he gave. View quote
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day. View quote
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. (Henry Ward Beecher)
The greatest architect and the one most needed is hope. View quote
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things. View quote
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True obedience is true freedom. View quote
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Blessed are the Happiness Makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer. View quote
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