Henry Ward Beecher

Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

Featured quote“In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.”Henry Ward Beecher

Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

“A church debt is the devil's salary.” Henry Ward Beecher

“Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.” Henry Ward Beecher

“You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.” Henry Ward Beecher

“Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.” Henry Ward Beecher

“Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.” Henry Ward Beecher

“In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.” Henry Ward Beecher

“Love is the river of life in the world.” Henry Ward Beecher

“The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.” Henry Ward Beecher

“The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.” Henry Ward Beecher

“To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.” Henry Ward Beecher

“When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.” Henry Ward Beecher

“All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.” Henry Ward Beecher

“Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.” Henry Ward Beecher

“God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.” Henry Ward Beecher

“I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.” Henry Ward Beecher

“It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.” Henry Ward Beecher

“No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.” Henry Ward Beecher

“The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.” Henry Ward Beecher

“Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.” Henry Ward Beecher

“God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.” Henry Ward Beecher

“God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.” Henry Ward Beecher

“The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.” Henry Ward Beecher

“Theology is a science of mind applied to God.” Henry Ward Beecher

“There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.” Henry Ward Beecher

“To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.” Henry Ward Beecher

“What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.” Henry Ward Beecher

“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?” Henry Ward Beecher

“Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.” Henry Ward Beecher

“Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.” Henry Ward Beecher

“It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.” Henry Ward Beecher