Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Let every man come to God in his own way.
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A man's religion is himself. If he is right-minded toward God, he is religious; if the Lord Jesus Christ is his schoolmaster, then he is Christianly religious.
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Death is not an end. It is a new impulse.
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That which distinguishes man from the brute is his power, in dealing with Nature, to milk her laws, and make them give forth their bounty.
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Morality is good, and is accepted of God, as far as it goes; but the difficulty is, it does not go far enough.
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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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God sends experience to paint men's portraits.
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A man has no more religion than he acts out in his life.
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The highest order that was ever instituted on earth is the order of faith.
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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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Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!
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To be a Christian is to obey Christ no matter how you feel.
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When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud as they get full.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it. and the love of knowledge, in a young mind, is almost a warrant against the inferior excitement of passions and vices.
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Fear is the soul's signal for rallying.
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Where all of the man is what property he owns, it does not take long to annihilate him.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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Work is not a curse, but drudgery is.
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Good nature is often a mere matter of health.
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We know that the gifts which men have do not come from the schools. If a man is a plain, literal, factual man, you can make a great deal more of him in his own line by education than without education, just as you can make a great deal more of a potato if you cultivate it than if you do not; but no cultivation in this world will ever make an apple out of a potato.
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The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. Religion is relative to the individual.