When a church is faithless to its duties, the real church is outside its walls, in the community. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments in a man are of no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
An ambition which has conscience in it will always be a laborious and faithful engineer, and will build the road, and bridge… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
True politeness is the spirit of benevolence showing itself in a refined way. It is the expression of good-will and kindness. It… — 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
Not thine the sorrow, but ours, sainted soul! Thou hast indeed entered into the promised land, while we are yet on the… — 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
