Henry Ward Beecher Quotes - Page 23

• That state of mind in which a man is impressed with invisible things is faith.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Faith, Men, Mind

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.136

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• Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or flower-pot.

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  Flower, Men, Garden

  Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.117

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• It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.

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  Men, Vortex, Prosperity

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.60

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• The morbid states of health, the irritableness of disposition arising from unstrung nerves, the impatience, the crossness, the fault-finding of men, who, full of morbid influences, are unhappy themselves, and throw the cloud of their troubles like a dark shadow upon others, teach us what eminent duty there is in health.

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  Health, Dark, Men

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.37

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• Men will let you abuse them if only you will make them laugh.

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  Men, Laughing, Abuse

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

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• Every boy wants someone older than himself to whom he may go in moods of confidence and yearning. The neglect of this child's want by grown people . . . is a fertile source of suffering.

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  Children, Boys, People

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and Ears”, p.77

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• Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.

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  Men, Bribery, Has Beens

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

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• Men are not put into this world to be everlastingly played on by the harping fingers of joy.

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  Men, Joy, World

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

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• Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.

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  Men, Easy, Break

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.210

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• It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.

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  Men, Bones, Defeat

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

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• Our life is in the loom; it rolls up and is hidden as fast as it is woven. It is to be taken out of the loom only when we leave this world; then only shall we see the pattern.

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  Life, Taken, Woven

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

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• Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

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  Ambition, Men, Noble Man

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.77

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• The mere wit is only a human bauble. He is to life what bells are to horses-not expected to draw the load, but only to jingle while the horses draw.

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  Horse, Jingles, Bells

  Henry Ward Beecher (1850). “Industry and idleness: with causes of dishonesty : to which are appended six warnings”, p.97

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• No cradle for an emperor's child was ever prepared with so much magnificence as this world has been made for man. But it is only his cradle.

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  Children, Men, World

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

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• Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive home a searching truth. Don't whip with a switch that has the leaves on, if you want it to tingle.

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  Home, Want, Public Speaking

  Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “Yale Lectures on Preaching”, p.229

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• A man who does not love praise is not a full man.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Doe, Flattery

  "Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit".

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• Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all.

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  Respect, Conceited, Men

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.245

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• Victories that come cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

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  Fighting, Victory, Results

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.84

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• In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion.

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  Civilization, America, Public Opinion

  Henry Ward Beecher (1863). “Freedom and War: Discourses on Topics Suggested by the Times”, p.253, Gale Cengage Learning

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• God washes the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more. O love! O affliction! ye are the guides that show us the way through the great airy space where our loved ones walked; and, as hounds easily follow the scent before the dew be risen, so God teaches us, while yet our sorrow is wet, to follow on and find our dear ones in heaven.

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  Eye, Land, Dear Ones

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.32

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• A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.

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  Character, Men, Self

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.15

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• A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns.

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  Motivational, Happiness, Spring

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• Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others are plain, honest and upright, like the broad faced sunflower and the hollyhock.

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  Flower, Animal, Men

  Henry Ward Beecher (1855). “Star Papers: Or, Experiences of Art and Nature”, p.100, New York : Boston : J.C. Derby ; Phillips, Sampson & Company

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• In regard to the great mass of men, anything that breaks the realm of fear is not salutary, but dangerous; because it takes off one of the hoops that hold the barrel together in which the evil spirits are confined.

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  Fear, Men, Evil

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

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• Today is a goblet day. The whole heavens have been mingled with exquisite skill to a delicious flavor, and the crystal cup put to every lip. Breathing is like ethereal drinking. It is a luxury simply to exist.

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  Drinking, Breathing, Skills

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and Ears”, p.72

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