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
bell fear signal
Fear is a kind of bell ... it is the soul's signal for rallying.
morning kindness sadness
Boys have their soft and gentle moods too. You would suppose by the morning racket that nothing could be more foreign to their nature than romance and vague sadness. . . . But boys have hours of great sinking and sadness, when kindness and fondness are peculiarly needful to them.
receive worth
There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.
birds flown full gets last man nest promise success till
Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last year's nest from which the birds have flown
enthusiasm insane man proper sane
In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
greatness using
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.
according heart man poor rich turning whether
No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
anybody excuse expects higher hold responsibility standard
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.
according heart man poor rich turning whether
No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
forever head heart learns practices
The head learns new things, but the heart forever more practices old experiences
helping inch railroad rolling switch trouble word wreck
A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track... an inch between wreck and smooth, rolling prosperity.
against burned forgiveness ought shown torn
A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man.
heaven loving mother slave
There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother
employed learn time walk
There is not a time that you walk through the street, when if you employed your senses, you would not learn something worthwhile.