Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The reason that men are so slow to confess their vices is because they have not yet abandoned them. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Nature holds an immense uncollected debt over every man's head. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Refinement that carries us away from our fellow-men is not God's refinement. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men who neglect Christ, and try to win heaven through moralities, are like sailors at sea in a storm, who pull, some… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man's roots are planted in night as… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A boy is a piece of existence quite separate from all things else, and deserves separate chapters in the natural history of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is not on earth so base a knave as the man who wins the love of a woman when he knows… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Evil men of every degree will use you, flatter you, lead you on until you are useless; then, if the virtuous do… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Before men we stand as opaque bee-hives. They can see the thoughts go in and out of us; but what work they… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are not anywhere else so many ways of trickery, so many false lights, so many veils, so many guises, so many… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments in a man are of no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world,--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills. Men take one who… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The best stock a man can invest in, is the stock of a farm; the best shares are plow shares; and the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Socially we are woven into the fabric of society, where every man is like one thread in a piece of cloth. No… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no greater crime than to stand between a man and his development; to take any law or institution and put… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
That which men suppose the imagination to be, and to do, is often frivolous enough and mischievous enough; but that which God… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age. Some… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Many will say, "I can find God without the help of the Bible, or church, or minister." Very well. Do so if… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Ordinarily rivers run small at the beginning, grow broader and broader as they proceed, and become widest and deepest at the point,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The pie should be eaten "while it is yet florescent, white or creamy yellow, with the merest drip of candied juice along… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There have been many men who left behind them that which hundreds of years have not worn out. The earth has Socrates… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon man his image and superscription. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations, and maintain… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
You have seen a ship out on the bay, swinging with the tide, and seeming as if it would follow it; and yet it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
