Henry Ward Beecher Quotes - Page 24

• A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Beautiful, Ambition, Men

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• The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

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  Strong, Business, World

  Henry Ward Beecher (1863). “Freedom and War: Discourses on Topics Suggested by the Times”, p.422

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• He is the happiest man who is engaged in a business which tasks the most faculties of his mind.

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  Men, Mind, Tasks

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

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• A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

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  Power, Men, Expression

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• And now we beseech of Thee that we may have every day some such sense of God's mercy and of the power of God about us, as we have of the fullness of the light of heaven before us.

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  Light, Heaven, May

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Henry Ward Beecher, p. 273, 1895.

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• There is always work, and tools to work withal, for those, who will.

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  Horny, Toil, Tools

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• The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

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  Pain, War, Poison

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• Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge.

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  Law, Judging, Earth

  Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.241

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• I have great hope of a wicked man, slender hope of a mean one. A wicked man may be converted and become a prominent saint. A mean man ought to be converted six or seven times, one right after the other, to give him a fair start and put him on an equality with a bold, wicked man.

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  Mean, Men, Giving

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• Nothing goes far which has not the wings of love to make it buoyant, so that it can fly.

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  Love, Wings, Wings Of Love

  Henry Ward Beecher (1870). “Lecture-room Talks: A Series of Familiar Discourses on Themes of General Christian Experience”, p.3

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• A traitor is good fruit to hang from the boughs of the tree of liberty.

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  Tree, Liberty, Fruit

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.60

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• There is no such thing as preaching patience into people, unless the sermon is so long that they have to practice it while they hear. No man can learn patience except by going out into the hurlyburly world, and taking life just as it blows. Patience is but lying to, and riding out the gale.

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  Patience, Lying, Blow

  Henry Ward Beecher (1860). “Life thoughts”, p.61

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• The pie should be eaten "while it is yet florescent, white or creamy yellow, with the merest drip of candied juice along the edges, (as if the flavor were so good to itself that its own lips watered!) of a mild and modest warmth, the sugar suggesting jelly, yet not jellied, the morsels of apple neither dissolved nor yet in original substance, but hanging as it were in a trance between the spirit and the flesh of applehood...then, O blessed man, favored by all the divinities! eat, give thanks, and go forth, 'in apple-pie order!'"

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  Blessed, Men, Yellow

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• Our earthly loves are but so many silver steps leading us up to the great golden love of God.

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  Love, Golden, Steps

  Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1897). “The original Plymouth pulpit”

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• A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.

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  Christian, Temptation, Coats

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

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• Love is the wine of existence. When you have taken that, you have taken the most precious drop that there is in the cluster.

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  Love, Taken, Wine

  Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1872). “The Original Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.47

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• The newspaper is a greater treasure to the people than uncounted millions of gold.

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  People, Gold, Treasure

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

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• If we are like Christ, we shall seek, not to absorb, but to reflect the light which falls upon others, and thus we shall become pure and spotless.

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  Fall, Light, Christ

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.69

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• There are materials enough in every man's mind to make a hell there.

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  Men, Mind, Hell

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

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• Whoever makes home seem to the young dearer and more happy, is a public benefactor.

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  Home, Young, Benefactors

  Henry Ward Beecher (1868). “Norwood: Or, Village Life in New England”, p.215

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• Love is ownership. We own whom we love. The universe is God's because He loves.

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  Love, Love Is, Ownership

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.83

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• The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day. It is a blessed baptism which gives the first waking thoughts into the bosom of God.

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  Morning, Blessed, Giving

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

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• Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches talk about having evidence of Divine authority because they have miracles. Miracles in our time are like candles in the street at midday. We do not want miracles. They are to teach men how to find out truths themselves; and after they have learned this, they no more need them than a well man needs a staff, or a grown-up child needs a walking-stool.

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  Children, Men, Miracle

  Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “One Thousand Gems”, p.249

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• Temptations are enemies outside the castle seeking entrance. If there be no false retainer within who holds treacherous parley, there can scarcely be even an offer.

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  Temptation, Enemy, Castles

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.44

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• No man knows what he will do till the right temptation comes.

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  Men, Temptation, Knows

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

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