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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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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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. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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A Christianity which will not help those who are struggling from the bottom to the top of society, needs another Christ to die for it.
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A library is but the soul's burial ground; it is the land of shadows. Yet one is impressed with the thought, the labor, and the struggle, represented in this vast catacomb of books. Who could dream, by the placid waters that issue from the level mouths of brooks into the lake, all the plunges, the whirls, the divisions, and foaming rushes that had brought them down to the tranquil exit? And who can guess through what channels of disturbance, and experiences of sorrow, the heart passed that has emptied into this Dead Sea of books?
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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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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.