Men think God is destroying them because he is tuning them. The violinist screws up the key till the tense cord sounds the concert pitch; but it is not to break it, but to use it tunefully, that he stretches the string upon the musical rack.
The elect, those who will; the non-elect, those who won't. - Henry Ward Beecher
The elect, those who will; the non-elect, those who won't.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Discover what you are. - Henry Ward Beecher
Discover what you are.
Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress. - Henry Ward Beecher
Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road. - Henry Ward Beecher
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. - Henry Ward Beecher
Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. - Henry Ward Beecher
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. - Henry Ward Beecher
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. - Henry Ward Beecher
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
The things that hurt us teach us. - Henry Ward Beecher
The things that hurt us teach us.
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