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~ Henry Ward BeecherMany men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are stuffed with useless ammunition. -
~ Henry Ward BeecherBooks are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. -
~ Henry Ward Beecher, In Life Thoughts (1858)The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. -
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~ Henry Ward BeecherGratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. -
~ Henry Ward BeecherAll ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. -
~ Henry Ward BeecherDo not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests, but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero or a saint. -
~ Henry Ward BeecherThe 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! -
~ Henry Ward BeecherNever forget what a man says to you when he is angry. -
~ Henry Ward BeecherThe grossest, the cruelest, the most selfish, the most easily pervertible and perverted thing in this world, is government. -
~ Henry Ward BeecherThe greatest architect and the one most needed is hope.
