Henry Ward Beecher Quotes - Page 2

• The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Doe, Looks

  Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “One Thousand Gems”, p.157

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• Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Friendship, Forgiveness, War

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• Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Temptation

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

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• What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Mother, War, Being A Mom

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

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Hate, Enough, Despise

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• The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Strength, War, Men

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.34

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• Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Progress, Too Much, Looking Back

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• All human affairs follow nature's great analogue, the growth of vegetation. There are three periods of growth in every plant. The first, and slowest, is the invisible growth by the root; the second and much accelerated is the visible growth by the stem; but when root and stem have gathered their forces, there comes the third period, in which the plant quickly flashes into blossom and rushes into fruit.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Nature, Roots, Growth

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.31

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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.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  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 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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• In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each
  is serving the others, seeking one another's good,
  and bearing one another's burdens.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Family, Ratios, Burden

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

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• A man without ambition is worse than dough that has no yeast in it to raise it.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Ambition, Men, Yeast

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

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• The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Fashion, Block, Character

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• 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

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• Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Marriage, Couple, War

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  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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• It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Greatness, Arrogant, Exclusive

  HENRY WARD BEECHER (1855). “STAR PAPERS OR EXPERIENCES OF ART AND NATURE”, p.267

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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.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  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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• He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Love, Weed, Flower

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• Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Kindness, Compassion

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

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• There is a power in the human mind ... to see things as they are ... but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Mind, Might, Humans

  Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher”, p.150

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• The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Love, Positive, Summer

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Lectures to young men, on various important subjects”, p.296

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• Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone; he would have the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard!

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Bible, Ocean, Biblical

  "Life Thoughts".

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• I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Evil, May

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