Henry Ward Beecher Quotes About Morality

• Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Business, Successful, Motherhood

• Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Character, Men, Circles

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.128

• There is no true and abiding morality that is not founded in religion.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Religion, Abiding, Morality

• Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Plants Growing, Tree, Shade

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.150

• A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Battle, Legs

  Henry Ward Beecher (1868). “Sermons”, p.73

• A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, World, Principles

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.34

• Men who neglect Christ, and try to win heaven through moralities, are like sailors at sea in a storm, who pull, some at the bowsprit and some at the mainmast, but never touch the helm.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Winning, Men, Sea

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.13

• All true religion must stand on true morality.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Religion, Morality, True Religion

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

• Morality is good, and is accepted of God, as far as it goes; but the difficulty is, it does not go far enough.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Doe, Morality, Enough

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.128

• Morality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Morality, Accompany

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.158

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