A man without a vote is in this land like a man without a hand. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
That state of mind in which a man is impressed with invisible things is faith. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The poor man with industry is happier than the rich man in idleness. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our life is but a new form of the way men have lived from the beginning. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no right more universal and more sacred, because lying so near the root of existence, than the right of men… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Not that which men do worthily, but that which they do successfully, is what history makes haste to record. — 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. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some have supposed that the mosquito is of a devout turn, and never will partake of a meal without first saying grace.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. But those who have a psssion for nature… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God does not refuse to make himself known to man. He only will not do it by the symbolism of matter. He… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men will imitate and admire his unmoved firmness, his inflexible conscience for the right; and yet his gentleness, as tender as a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Where all of the man is what property he owns, it does not take long to annihilate him. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are some men's souls that are so thin, so almost destitute of what is the true idea of soul, that were… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If a man has come to that point where he is no content that he says; I do not want to know… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man should fear when he enjoys only the good he does publicly. Is it not, publicity rather than charity, which he… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The prouder a man is, the more he thinks he deserves, and the more he thinks he deserves, the less he really… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is an equator that runs just under the nose: all that live below the equator are animals; all that live above… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if it could walk up and down in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. — 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
