Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Henry Ward Beecher

  1. Home
    2. ›
  2. Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Henry Ward Beecher Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Henry Ward Beecher on Wise Famous Quotes.

Henry Ward Beecher quotes: It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk. It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes. The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Education is only like good culture,it changes the size, but not the sort. Education is only like good culture,
it changes the size, but not the sort.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: God sends experience to paint men's portraits. God sends experience to paint men's portraits.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else. It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The tidal wave of God's providence is carrying liberty throughout the globe. The tidal wave of God's providence is carrying liberty throughout the globe.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one. Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: God never made anything else so beautiful as man. God never made anything else so beautiful as man.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity. The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Going out into lifethat is dying. Christ is the door out of life. Going out into life
that is dying. Christ is the door out of life.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: No people are so easy to govern as the intelligent, and none are so hard to govern as the ignorant. No people are so easy to govern as the intelligent, and none are so hard to govern as the ignorant.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are. The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Religion is using everything for God. Religion is using everything for God.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: No church can be prospered in which all the ministration comes from the pulpit. No church can be prospered in which all the ministration comes from the pulpit.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: A church debt is the devil's salary. A church debt is the devil's salary.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin. What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Reading is a dissuasion from immorality. Reading stands in the place of company. Reading is a dissuasion from immorality. Reading stands in the place of company.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings. The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it. Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Every fresh act of benevolence is the herald of deeper satisfaction; every charitable act a stepping-stone towards heaven. Every fresh act of benevolence is the herald of deeper satisfaction; every charitable act a stepping-stone towards heaven.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: We go to the grave of a friend saying,"A man is dead,"but angels throng about him saying,"A man is born." We go to the grave of a friend saying,
"A man is dead,"
but angels throng about him saying,
"A man is born."
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Character, like porcelain-ware, must be painted before it is glazed. There can be no change of color after it is burned in. Character, like porcelain-ware, must be painted before it is glazed. There can be no change of color after it is burned in.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside. The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Love is ownership. We own whom we love. The universe is God's because He loves. Love is ownership. We own whom we love. The universe is God's because He loves.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: There are materials enough in every man's mind to make a hell there. There are materials enough in every man's mind to make a hell there.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The one great poem of New England is her Sunday. The one great poem of New England is her Sunday.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed. Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: There is no right more universal and more sacred, because lying so near the root of existence, than the right of men to their own labor. There is no right more universal and more sacred, because lying so near the root of existence, than the right of men to their own labor.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Anger is a bow that will shoot sometimes where another feeling will not. Anger is a bow that will shoot sometimes where another feeling will not.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Let every man come to God in his own way. Let every man come to God in his own way.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way. The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: A mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. A mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick. Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to immortality and glory. And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to immortality and glory.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight. Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Our earthly loves are but so many silver steps leading us up to the great golden love of God. Our earthly loves are but so many silver steps leading us up to the great golden love of God.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Now comes the mystery! (last words) Now comes the mystery! (last words)
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Death is the dropping of the flower, that the fruit may, swell. Death is the dropping of the flower, that the fruit may, swell.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him. A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things. We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: To be a Christian is to obey Christ no matter how you feel. To be a Christian is to obey Christ no matter how you feel.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees. Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: This world is magnificent for strangers and pilgrims, but miserable for residents. This world is magnificent for strangers and pilgrims, but miserable for residents.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Public sentiment is to public officers what water is to the wheel of the mill. Public sentiment is to public officers what water is to the wheel of the mill.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The Divine mind does not think for us, or inspite of us, but works in us to think, and to will, and to do. The Divine mind does not think for us, or inspite of us, but works in us to think, and to will, and to do.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor. It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Nature holds an immense uncollected debt over every man's head. Nature holds an immense uncollected debt over every man's head.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Titles are too "thin" for the nineteenth century. Titles are too "thin" for the nineteenth century.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed. It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world. The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it. A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon man his image and superscription. Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon man his image and superscription.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love. Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye. The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak. The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause. He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: We ought to be ten times as hungry for knowledge as for food for the body. We ought to be ten times as hungry for knowledge as for food for the body.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: People of too much sentiment are like fountains, whose overflow keeps a disagreeable puddle about them. People of too much sentiment are like fountains, whose overflow keeps a disagreeable puddle about them.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost. Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them. A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: October is the opal month of the year. It is the month of glory, of ripeness. It is the picture-month. October is the opal month of the year. It is the month of glory, of ripeness. It is the picture-month.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns. A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Each book has a secret history of ways and means. Each book has a secret history of ways and means.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Though cares and sorrows e'er must come, Though heart be rent, I know that God will give me strength, When mine is spent. Though cares and sorrows e'er must come, Though heart be rent, I know that God will give me strength, When mine is spent.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause. Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Love is more just than justice. Love is more just than justice.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: There is no such thing as white lies; a lie is as black as a coalpit, and twice as foul. There is no such thing as white lies; a lie is as black as a coalpit, and twice as foul.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Let the GRATEFUL HEART sweep through the day that it may recognize in every hour some sweet blessing. Let the GRATEFUL HEART sweep through the day that it may recognize in every hour some sweet blessing.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: A man has a right to picture God according to his need, whatever it be. A man has a right to picture God according to his need, whatever it be.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost. 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 quotes: Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Men are not put into this world to be everlastingly played on by the harping fingers of joy. Men are not put into this world to be everlastingly played on by the harping fingers of joy.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: All words are pegs to hang ideas on. All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The reason that men are so slow to confess their vices is because they have not yet abandoned them. The reason that men are so slow to confess their vices is because they have not yet abandoned them.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Books are not men and yet they stay alive. Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: 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. 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 quotes: It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Cant is the twin sister of hypocrisy. Cant is the twin sister of hypocrisy.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself. Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion. There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook. Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: The way to avoid evil is not by maiming our passions, but by compelling them to yield their vigor to our moral nature. The way to avoid evil is not by maiming our passions, but by compelling them to yield their vigor to our moral nature.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense, is a work of death. Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense, is a work of death.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: Grim care, moroseness, anxiety-all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety-all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: To the covetous man life is a nightmare, and God lets him wrestle with it as best he may. To the covetous man life is a nightmare, and God lets him wrestle with it as best he may.
Henry Ward Beecher quotes: All work and no plagiarism makes for dull sermons! All work and no plagiarism makes for dull sermons!

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Authors | Topics | About | Contact | Policy | Sitemap

Copyright © 2025 Wise Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved.