Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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About Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His rhetorical focus on the love of Christ has influenced mainstream Christianity through the 21st century.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Henry Ward BeecherTears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the gre…
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.
Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
Theology is a science of mind applied to God.
We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile up…
God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.