God plants no yearning in the human soul that he does not intend to satisfy. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The sun does not shine for a few trees, and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. The lonely pine on the… — 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
Money in the hands of one or two men is like a dungheap in a barnyard. So long as it lies in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Heaven answers with us the same purpose that the tuning-fork does with musicians. Our affections, the whole orchestra of them, are apt… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The slave labors, but with no cheer-it is not the road to respectability, it will honor him with no citizens' trust, it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
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 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
Self-denial does not belong to religion as characteristic of it; it belongs to human life; the lower nature must always be denied… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs… — 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
Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man should fear when he only enjoys what good he does publicly. Is it not the publicity rather than the charity… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some sorrows are but footprints in the snow, which the genial sun effaces, or, if it does not wholly efface, changes into… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The common schools are the stomachs of the country in which all people that come to us are assimilated within a generation.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
His nature is such that our often coming does not tire him. The whole burden of the whole life of every man… — 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
He who only does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born imperfect. It is… — 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
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
There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience. — 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
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 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
He who olny does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born inperfect. It is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach… — 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
A dull axe never loves grindstones, but a keen workman does; and he puts his tool on them in order that it… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
