Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Wealth held by a class and used ambitiously becomes as despotic as an absolute monarchy, and has in its hands manners, customs,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God made the human body, and it is the most exquisite and wonderful organization which has come to us from the divine… — 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
Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God's thought and hand, is our own… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God's sovereignty is not in His right hand; God's sovereignty is not in His intellect; God's sovereignty is in His love. — 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
May we feel after Thee; still calling out in the darkness, as children waking in the night call "Father," so may we… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man without a vote is in this land like a man without a hand. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What profusion is there in His work! When trees blossom there is not a single breastpin, but a whole bosom full of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The man who perceives life only with his eye, his ear, his hand, and his tongue, is but little higher than the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labor… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In the sacred precinct of that dwelling where the despotic woman wields the sceptre of fierce neatness, one treads as if he… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. By these tendrils we clasp it and climb thitherward. And why… — 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
