When a man has no longer any conception of excellence above his own, his voyage is done, he is dead,--dead in trespasses… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man's religion is himself. If he is right-minded toward God, he is religious; if the Lord Jesus Christ is his schoolmaster,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The conditions of city life may be made healthy, so far as the physical constitution is concerned; but there is connected with… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I think half the troubles for which men go slouching in prayer to God are caused by their intolerable pride. Many of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The first merit of pictures is the effect they produce on the mind; and the first step of a sensible man should… — 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… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The morbid states of health, the irritableness of disposition arising from unstrung nerves, the impatience, the crossness, the fault-finding of men, who,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
You may say, "I wish to send this ball so as to kill the lion crouching yonder, ready to spring upon me.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
As ships meet at sea a moment together, when words of greeting must be spoken, and then away upon the deep, so… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our children that die young are like those spring bulbs which have their flowers prepared beforehand, and leave nothing to do but… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some folks think that Christianity means a kind of insurance policy, and that it has little to do with this life, but… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Religion is only another word for the right use of a man's whole self, instead of a wrong use of himself. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A republican government is in a hundred points weaker than one that is autocratic; but in this one point it is the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Perverted pride is a great misfortune in men; but pride in its original function, for which God created it, is indispensable to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
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 Image
A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Many men build as cathedrals are built-the part nearest the ground finished, but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A practical, matter-of-fact man is like a wagon without springs: every single pebble on the road jolts him; but a man with… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men of dissolute lives have little incentive to look forward to the hopes and glories of immortality. A due conception of these… — 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
