Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the...

It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that...

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that...

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

Happiness is not the end of life, character is

Happiness is not the end of life, character is

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school...

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school...

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the...

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a...

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a...