Henry Ward Beecher Quotes - Page 2

• 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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• Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Work, Discipline, Lenient

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• Some people are proud of their humility.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Humility, Pride, People

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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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• 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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• 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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• He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Happiness, Happy, Teacher

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life thoughts gathered from the extemporaneous discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, by E.D. Procter”, p.48

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• Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Government, Revolution, Vote

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

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• Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspiring, Disappointment, Failure

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Life, Thankful

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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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• 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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• Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Fashion, War

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.58

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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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• Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

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

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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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• 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.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Christian, Strong, Character

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• A dull axe never loves grindstones, but a keen workman does; and he puts his tool on them in order that it may be sharp. And men do not like grinding; but they are dull for the purposes which God designs to work out with them, and therefore He is grinding them.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Order, Discipline

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.195

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• There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Lamps, Rooms, Kind

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• There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read, and they find nitre and charcoal and sulphur for powder. They read, and they find cannon. They read, and they make portholes and embrasures. And if a man does not believe as they do, they look upon him as an enemy, and let fly the Bible at him to demolish him. So men turn the word of God into a vast arsenal, filled with all manner of weapons, offensive and defensive.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Bible, Believe, Men

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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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• Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Education, Children, Parenting

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• Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Funny, Humor, Law

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

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• Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Adversity, Reflection, People

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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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