All Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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Forgiveness
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Humor
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Religion
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When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
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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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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.
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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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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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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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