Character Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

Love is the medicine of all moral evil. By it the world is to be cured of sin.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.

— Henry Ward Beecher

We cannot have right virtue without right conditions.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.

— Henry Ward Beecher

All true religion must stand on true morality.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Happiness is not the end of life: character is.

— Henry Ward Beecher

There is a patience that cackles. There are a great many virtues that are hen-like. They are virtue, to be sure; but…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Morality is good, and is accepted of God, as far as it goes; but the difficulty is, it does not go far…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations,…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Little lies are very dangerous, because there are so many of them, and because each one of them scours upon the character…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Morality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be…

— Henry Ward Beecher

As flowers always wear their own colors and give forth their own fragrance every day alike, so should Christians maintain their character…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree.…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to…

— Henry Ward Beecher

There is in youth a purity of character which, when once touched and defiled, can never be restored; a fringe more delicate…

— Henry Ward Beecher

We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and…

— Henry Ward Beecher

What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Character, like porcelain-ware, must be painted before it is glazed. There can be no change of color after it is burned in.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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