Giving Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

Though cares and sorrows e'er must come, Though heart be rent, I know that God will give me strength, When mine is…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Man is that name of power which rises above them all, and gives to every one the right to be that which…

— Henry Ward Beecher

God is a being who gives everything but punishment in over measure.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love is God's loaf; and this is that feeding for which we are taught to pray, "Give us this day our daily…

— Henry Ward Beecher

There are sorrows that are not painful, but are of the nature of some acids, and give piquancy and flavor to life.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

Go on your knees before God. Bring all your idols; bring self-will, and pride, and every evil lust before Him, and give…

— Henry Ward Beecher

It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out the frets and burdens of his calling and give…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. It gives joy to the poor, to the rude, and to the multitudes who…

— Henry Ward Beecher

When the old creeds are threadbare, and worn through, And all too narrow for the broadening soul, Give me the fine, firm…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

That which distinguishes man from the brute is his power, in dealing with Nature, to milk her laws, and make them give…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Give us that calm certainty of truth, that nearness to Thee, that conviction of the reality of the life to come, which…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The pie should be eaten "while it is yet florescent, white or creamy yellow, with the merest drip of candied juice along…

— Henry Ward Beecher

As the imagination is set to look into the invisible and immaterial, it seems to attract something of their vitality; and though…

— Henry Ward Beecher

I have great hope of a wicked man, slender hope of a mean one. A wicked man may be converted and become…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

Prayer is often an argument of laziness: "Lord, my temper gives me a vast deal of inconvenience, and it would be a…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Thou, Everlasting Strength, hast set Thyself forth to bear our burdens. May we bear Thy cross, and bearing that; find there is…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Whenever education and refinement carry us away from the common people, they are growing towards selfishness, which is the monster evil of…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Happy is the man who has that in his soul which acts upon the dejected as April airs upon violet roots. Gifts…

— Henry Ward Beecher

If one should give me a dish of sand, and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day. It is a blessed baptism which gives the first waking…

— Henry Ward Beecher

It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stoney street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

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