American - Clergyman | June 24, 1813 - March 8, 1887
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
Henry Ward Beecher
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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.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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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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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
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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.
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