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Joy Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

30 Joy quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

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Beecher’s sermons often celebrated the bright side of faith, and his reflections on joy are no exception. Across thirty quotes you’ll encounter a lively mix of humor, moral encouragement, and heartfelt belief that joy is both a divine gift and a personal practice.

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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.

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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.

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Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.

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THERE are joys which long to be ours.

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Grim care, moroseness, anxiety-all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine.

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No grief has a right to immortality. That ground belongs to joy, to hope, to faith.

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Troubles loom up big when they're ahead, And joys seem always sweeter when they're past.

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

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Men are not put into this world to be everlastingly played on by the harping fingers of joy.

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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.

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Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight.

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The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.

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Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are…

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Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in…

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While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it…

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There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but…

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A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. It gives joy to the poor, to the rude, and to the multitudes who…

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We rejoice in God since he has taught us that every thing which is true in us, is but a faint expression…

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It is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness, and joy--these three. It is the light in the window of the face…

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Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the…

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Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it. Just as long as there is the…

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If God but cares for our inward and eternal life, if by all the experiences of this life He is reducing it…

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Happy is the man who has that in his soul which acts upon the dejected as April airs upon violet roots. Gifts…

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Oh, ye infidel philosophers, teach me how to find joy in sorrow, strength in weakness, and light in darkest days; how to…

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We have the promises of God as thick as daisies in summer meadows, that death, which men most fear, shall be to…

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The sun does not shine for a few trees, and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. The lonely pine on the…

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Memory can glean, but can never renew. It brings us joys faint as is the perfume of the flowers, faded and dried,…

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In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

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Affliction comes to us all ...not to impoverish, but to enrich us, as the plough enriches the field; to multiply our joy,…

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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless…

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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.

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Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart.

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In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion.

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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.

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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

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THERE are joys which long to be ours.

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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten…

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Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.

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