| God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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| No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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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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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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| I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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| Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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| A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of shadows. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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| Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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| I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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| Faith is spiritualized imagination. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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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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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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| To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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| No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odour to the nostrils. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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| A door that seems to stand open must be a man's size, or it is not the door that Providence means for him. |
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- Henry Ward Beecher |
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