Henry Ward Beecher Quotes


Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else. Henry Ward Beecher Discipline 177
Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting. Henry Ward Beecher Victory 171
The most dangerous people are the ignorant. Henry Ward Beecher Danger 164
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher Pride 148
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. Henry Ward Beecher 136
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. Henry Ward Beecher Style 119
That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all. Henry Ward Beecher Culture 117
Death is the dropping of the flower that the fruit may swell. Henry Ward Beecher Death 113
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 113
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher Money 106
Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life. Henry Ward Beecher Wealth 105
We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and that which came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. That is what we mean by progress. Henry Ward Beecher Progress 104
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. Henry Ward Beecher Joy 103
No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher Heart 101
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. Henry Ward Beecher Coffee 99
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher Worth 93
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. Henry Ward Beecher Men 93
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. Henry Ward Beecher Humanity 92
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. Henry Ward Beecher Life 92
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. Henry Ward Beecher Friend 92
The prouder a man is, the more he thinks he deserves, and the more he thinks he deserves, the less he really does deserve. Henry Ward Beecher Riches 92
In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. Henry Ward Beecher Enthusiasm 91
There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. Henry Ward Beecher Books 91
Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up. Henry Ward Beecher Anger 87
Books are not men and yet they stay alive. Henry Ward Beecher Men 86
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. Henry Ward Beecher Forgiveness 85
We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up tomorrow. Henry Ward Beecher Rest 85
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors. Henry Ward Beecher Reading 84
There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave. Henry Ward Beecher Charity 84
I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. Henry Ward Beecher Bottle 83
Every tomorrow has two handles; we can take hold by the handle of anxiety or by the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher Future 83
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry. Henry Ward Beecher Anger 83
All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments in a man are no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him for the better discharge of the duties which devolve upon him in the ordinary affairs of life. Henry Ward Beecher Duty 83
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set to true time. Henry Ward Beecher Laws 82
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 Men 82
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. Henry Ward Beecher Mom 81
In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot. Henry Ward Beecher Industry 81
Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. Henry Ward Beecher Gratitude 80
Love is the river of life in the world. Henry Ward Beecher Love 79
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. Henry Ward Beecher art 78
The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world. Henry Ward Beecher Christianity 78
To the great treeloving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love and all things that do grow under them or around them the whole leaf and root tribe. Henry Ward Beecher Trees 78
Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort. Henry Ward Beecher Perseverance 77
It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. Henry Ward Beecher Work 77
Worry is rust upon the blade. Henry Ward Beecher Worry 76
Victories are easy and cheap. The only victories worth anything are those achieved through hard work and dedication. Henry Ward Beecher Work 76
Expedients are for an hour, but principles are for the ages. Just because the rains descend, and the winds blow, we cannot afford to build on the shifting sands. Henry Ward Beecher Principles 76
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave. Henry Ward Beecher Come 76
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. Henry Ward Beecher Inspirational 76
He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds. Henry Ward Beecher Gossip 75

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