Go on your knees before God. Bring all your idols; bring self-will, and pride, and every evil lust before Him, and give them up. Devote yourself, heart and soul, to His will; and see if you do not "know of the doctrine.
Henry Ward BeecherIt is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.
Henry Ward BeecherAge and youth look upon life from the opposite ends of the telescope; it is exceedingly long,--it is exceedingly short.
Henry Ward BeecherI think half the troubles for which men go slouching in prayer to God are caused by their intolerable pride. Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges. We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
Henry Ward Beecher