--- title: "8 Draws Quotes By Henry Ward Beecher" description: "8 Draws quotes by Henry Ward Beecher. Plus more from Henry Ward Beecher and more Draws sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/henry-ward-beecher-175_almighty_i-would-rather-speak-the-truth-to-ten-me_112733.jpg" --- > [I would rather speak the truth to ten men than blandishments and lying to a million. Try it, ye who think there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/i-would-rather-speak-the-truth-to-ten-men-than-blandishments-and/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/henry-ward-beecher-175_almighty_i-would-rather-speak-the-truth-to-ten-me_112733.jpg) > [The mere wit is only a human bauble. He is to life what bells are to horses-not expected to draw the load,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/the-mere-wit-is-only-a-human-bauble-he-is-to-life-what-bells-are-to/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/henry-ward-beecher-175_bells_the-mere-wit-is-only-a-human-bauble-he-i_309740.png) > [Socially we are woven into the fabric of society, where every man is like one thread in a piece of cloth. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/socially-we-are-woven-into-the-fabric-of-society-where-every-man-is/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/henry-ward-beecher-175_community_socially-we-are-woven-into-the-fabric-of_386286.png) > [Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the everlasting wants of men, so that they shall draw more from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/indeed-unless-a-man-can-link-his-written-thoughts-with-the/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/henry-ward-beecher-175_authorship_indeed-unless-a-man-can-link-his-written_1019965.jpg) > [Amid the discords of this life, it is blessed to think of heaven, where God draws after him an everlasting train of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/amid-the-discords-of-this-life-it-is-blessed-to-think-of-heaven-where/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/henry-ward-beecher-175_blessed_amid-the-discords-of-this-life-it-is-ble_2292116.jpg) > [Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/hope-is-sweet-minded-and-sweet-eyed-it-draws-pictures-it-weaves/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a5/henry-ward-beecher-175_delight_hope-is-sweet-minded-and-sweet-eyed-it-d_2666123.png) > [If one should give me a dish of sand, and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/if-one-should-give-me-a-dish-of-sand-and-tell-me-there-were-particles/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f7/henry-ward-beecher-175_attraction_if-one-should-give-me-a-dish-of-sand-and_2905984.jpg) > [It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/it-is-one-of-the-worst-effects-of-prosperity-to-make-a-man-a-vortex/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/henry-ward-beecher-175_draws_it-is-one-of-the-worst-effects-of-prospe_3230659.jpg) ## Other authors on Draws ## More by Henry Ward Beecher > [Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/astronomers-have-built-telescopes-which-can-show-myriads-of-stars/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/a-lie-always-needs-a-truth-for-a-handle-to-it-the-worst-lies-are/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/miracles-are-like-candles-lit-up-until-the-sun-rises-and-then-blown/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/even-a-liar-tells-a-hundred-truths-to-one-lie-he-has-to-to-make-the/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/laws-are-not-masters-but-servants-and-he-rules-them-who-obey-them/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/our-sweetest-experiences-of-affection-are-meant-to-be-suggestions-of/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/in-america-there-is-not-one-single-element-of-civilization-that-is/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/the-best-lessons-a-man-ever-learns-are-from-his-mistakes-it-is-not/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/i-never-knew-an-early-rising-hard-working-prudent-man-careful-of-his/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [THERE are joys which long to be ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/there-are-joys-which-long-to-be-ours/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/people-may-talk-about-the-equality-of-the-sexes-they-are-not-equal/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/mirthfulness-is-in-the-mind-and-you-cannot-get-it-out-it-is-just-as/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/mirth-is-god-s-medicine-everybody-ought-to-bathe-in-it/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/some-of-god-s-noblest-sons-i-think-will-be-selected-from-those-that/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [You have seen a ship out on the bay, swinging with the tide, and seeming as if it would follow it; and yet it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/you-have-seen-a-ship-out-on-the-bay-swinging-with-the-tide-and/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/draws/henry-ward-beecher/#itemlist", "name": "8 Draws Quotes By Henry Ward Beecher", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would rather speak the truth to ten men than blandishments and lying to a million. 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