We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we… — 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
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
I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more. — 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
Thinking is creating with God, as thinking is writing with the ready writer; and worlds are only leaves turned over in the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The Divine mind does not think for us, or inspite of us, but works in us to think, and to will, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men think God is destroying them because he is tuning them. The violinist screws up the key till the tense cord sounds… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. By these tendrils we clasp it and climb thitherward. And why… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I would rather speak the truth to ten men than blandishments and lying to a million. Try it, ye who think there… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Now, men think, with regard to their conduct, that, if they were to lift themselves up gigantically and commit some crashing sin,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is a view of God that compensates every thing else, and enables the soul to rest in His bosom. How, when… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is often said it is no matter what a man believes if he is only sincere. This is true of all… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Thinking cannot be clear until it has had expression-we must write, or speak, or act our thoughts, or they will remain in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A week filled up with selfishness, and the Sabbath stuffed full of religious exercises, will make a good Pharisee, but a poor… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it. Just as long as there 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
Love is the river of life in this world. Think not that ye know it who stand at the little tinkling rill,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I received a letter from a lad asking me for an easy berth. To this I replied: You cannot be an editor;… — 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
I used to think the Lord's Prayer was a short prayer; but as I live longer, and see more of life, I… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Amid the discords of this life, it is blessed to think of heaven, where God draws after him an everlasting train of… — 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
Brethren, we are all sailing home; and by and by, when we are not thinking of it, some shadowy thing (men call… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some people think black is the color of heaven, and that the more they can make their faces look like midnight, the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some men will not shave on Sunday, and yet they spend all the week in shaving their fellow-men; and many folks think… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men do not avail themselves of the riches of God's grace. They love to nurse their cares, and seem as uneasy without… — 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
