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
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stony street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun
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It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It is not what we intend but what we do that makes us useful. And, it is not a few faint wishes but a lifelong struggle that makes us valiant.
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Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends.
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Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last year's nest from which the birds have flown
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When we talk about ourselves we almost invariably use Latin words, and when we talk about our neighbors we use Saxon words
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We should so live and labor in our times that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This expresses the true spirit in the love of mankind.
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The soul is often hungrier than the body and no shop can sell it food.
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Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more.
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It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
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A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
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All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.