Inspirational Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

Work is not a curse, but drudgery is.

— Henry Ward Beecher

God's glory is His goodness.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Never excuse yourself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The tree is but a huge boquet.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Men can make an idol of the Bible.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Nobody ever sees truth except in fragments.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The beginning is the promise of the end.

— Henry Ward Beecher

It's not work that kills [people], it is worry.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Nothing can be further apart than true humility and servility.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.

— Henry Ward Beecher

What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress.

— Henry Ward Beecher

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Maple-trees are the cows of trees (spring-milked).

— Henry Ward Beecher

A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The world is to be cleaned by somebody, and you are not called of God if you are ashamed to scrub.

— Henry Ward Beecher

In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another's good, and bearing one…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A republican government in a hundred points is weaker than an autocratic government; but in this one point it is the strongest…

— Henry Ward Beecher

True obedience is true freedom.

— Henry Ward Beecher

No matter who reigns, the merchant reigns.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Mirth is God's medicine.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Let every man come to God in his own way.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love is more just than justice.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A man that is afraid is never a man.

— Henry Ward Beecher

To love I must have something I can put my arms around.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it.

— Henry Ward Beecher

There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

— Henry Ward Beecher

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.

— Henry Ward Beecher

There is no true and abiding morality that is not founded in religion.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Someone calls biography the home aspect of history.

— Henry Ward Beecher