Prayer is often an argument of laziness: "Lord, my temper gives me a vast deal of inconvenience, and it would be a great task for me to correct it; and wilt thou be pleased to correct it for me, that I may get along easier?" If prayer was answered under such circumstances, independent of action of natural laws, it would be paying a premium on indolence.
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.
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.
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 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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