Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

• 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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• There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Book, School, Intelligent

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

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• Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.

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  Law, Long, Soul

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.42

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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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• There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  World, Mouths, Quarrels

  Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”

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• No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Heart, Men, Rich Or Poor

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.46

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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.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

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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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• The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

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  Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

  "Proverbial Wisdom: Proverbs, Maxims and Ethical Sentences, of Interest to All Classes of Men". Book by Abram N. Coleman, p. 233, 1903.

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• The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Life And Love, Taken, People

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• We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

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  War, Adversity, Religion

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• When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and call it charity; when the crumbs are swept from our table, we think it generous to let the dogs eat them; as if that were charity which permits others to have what we cannot keep.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Running, Dog, Fall

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.63

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• 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.

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  Strength, Being Strong, Loneliness

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

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• Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Wise, Fall, Looks

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• Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Life, Thankful

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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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• “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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• If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.

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  Done, Want, Christ

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• No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Dream, Time, Cheer

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• I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

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  Humor, Good Luck, Hard Work

  Henry Ward Beecher (1850). “Industry and idleness: with causes of dishonesty : to which are appended six warnings”, p.23

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• The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

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  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Heart

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• Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.

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  Hate, Enough, Despise

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• Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

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  Victory, Causes, Losing

  "Royal Truths".

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• Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspiring, Disappointment, Failure

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• In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

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  Motivational, Success, Giving Up

  Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor (1858). “Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher”, p.19

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