Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

• Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Strength, Being Strong, Loneliness

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.33

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• We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Leadership, Wisdom, Distance

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• Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

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• It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Motivational, Graduation, Perseverance

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• It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Fear, Health, Men

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• Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Motivational, Faith, Future

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• A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Christian, War, School

  Henry Ward Beecher (1859). “Summer in the soul; or, Views and experiences”, p.239

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• The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Running, Hard Times, Rocks

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Morning and Evening Exercises: Selected from the Published and Unpublished Writings”, p.72

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• Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Love, Valentines Day, Dream

  Henry Ward Beecher, Augusta Moore (1859). “Notes from Plymouth Pulpit: A Collection of Memorable Passages from the Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, with a Sketch of Mr. Beecher and the Lecture Room”, p.41

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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.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Struggle, Long, Wish

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• A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Educational, Book, Reading

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• The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Funny, Christian, Education

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.140

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• We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character.

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  Christian, Strong, Character

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• Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Happiness, Cheer, Blessed

  "The Original Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn".

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• The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

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• The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Time, Morning, Motivation

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.95

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• Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Love, Life, Friendship

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• People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Sex, Women, People

  Henry Ward Beecher (2009). “Star Papers”, p.254, Applewood Books

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• No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Sweet, Coffee, Offering

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and Ears”, p.60

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• A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Book, Men, Years

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• “I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

  "Gems of Truth & Beauty".

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• There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world,--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills. Men take one who has offended, and set him down before the blowpipe of their indignation, and scorch him, and burn his fault into him; and when they have kneaded him sufficiently with their fiery fists, then--they forgive him.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Forgiveness, Men, Forgiving

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.72

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• In friendship your heart is like a bell struck every time your friend is in trouble.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Friendship, Heart, Bells

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  "Royal Truths, etc".

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