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

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour,...

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour,...

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for...

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for...

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...

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up,...

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up,...

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

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

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You...

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You...

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Now comes the mystery.

Now comes the mystery.

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as...

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and...

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and...

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they...

The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they...