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Henry Ward Beecher
Tears are often...
Tears are often the telescope through which men see far into heaven.
Source: In...
I never knew...
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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-- Henry Ward...
God made man...
God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon...
It is not...
It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
Source: 1858
-- Henry...
If you attempt...
If you attempt to beat a man down and so get his goods for less than a fair price, you are attempting to commit...
That is true...
That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
If a man...
If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian...
Gratitude is the...
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Source:
-- Henry...
Keep a fair-sized...
Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends.
It is not...
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a...
The Bible is...
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...
If a man...
If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he...
Hold yourself responsible...
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse...
Laws and institutions,...
Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true...
It is one...
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear...
The Bible is...
The Bible is the most betrashed book in the world. Coming to it through commentaries is much like looking at a...
In things pertaining...
In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper...
I don't like...
I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order...
No man is...
No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.
Source: In
It is the...
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he...