Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecherwas an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 June 1813
CountryUnited States of America
Henry Ward Beecher quotes about
order people perfect perfection speak
I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything.
beating earthly farthest heart heaven loving music reaches truly
Of all earthly music that which reaches farthest into heaven is the beating of a truly loving heart
affliction darkness enrich enriches night plow refresh
Affliction comes to all not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but wise; not to make us despondent, but its darkness to refresh us, as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us, as the plow enriches the field; to
eden fable garden gigantic lie
There was never such a gigantic lie told as the fable of the Garden of Eden
next worst
The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government.
anger forget man says
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
dog horse animal
For fidelity, devotion, love, many a two-legged animal is below the dog and the horse. Happy would it be for thousands of people if they could stand at last before the Judgment Seat and say, I have loved as truly and have lived as decently as my dog, and yet we call them only brutes.
ages principles
Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages
free grave side
On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that, citizens; on this side, orphans; on that, children; on this side, captives; on that, free men.
difference obstinacy perseverance strong
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
gave receive worth
There never was a person that did anything worth doing who did not really receive more than he gave
broken lives man men provided
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
changed content man mummy ought point state
If a man has come to that point where he is so content that he says; I do not want to know any more, or do any more or be any more, he is in a state of which he ought to be changed into a mummy
actively cannot community daily favor hold law laws life majority operative prevail protect takes unless vast
Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.