Henry Ward Beecher Quotes - Page 5

• If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Fear, Men, Thinking

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• Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, New Year, New Beginnings

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• The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Running, Hard Times, Rocks

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Morning and Evening Exercises: Selected from the Published and Unpublished Writings”, p.72

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• Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Home, Sometimes, Christianity

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.41

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• Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Life, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.115

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• It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Government

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

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• Some people are proud of their humility.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Humility, Pride, People

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• That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Children, Energy, Manage

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

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• Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Clouds, Heaven, Sorrow

  Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1871). “The original Plymouth pulpit”, p.92

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• Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical life.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  House, Poverty, Very Good

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• God sends experience to paint men's portraits.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Experience, Portraits

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.164

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• All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Motivational, Men, Broken

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

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• I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Fitness, Health, Thinking

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.42

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• Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Happiness, New Year

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• The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, World, Miserable

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.25

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• A cunning man overreaches no one half as much as himself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Cunning Man, Half

  Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor (1858). “Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher”, p.52

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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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• 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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• Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Love, Sweet, Worry

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Lectures to young men, on various important subjects”, p.303

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• When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Money, Men, Devil

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

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• Beauty may be said to be God's trademark in creation.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Beauty, May, Creation

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• A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Ambition, Mean, Men

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

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• The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Real, Failure, Men

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.84

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• God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Hope, Men, Order

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Lectures to young men, on various important subjects”, p.314

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• There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Life, Men, Doe

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

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