Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I would much rather fight pride than vanity, because pride has a stand-up way of fighting. You know where it is. It… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is not on earth so base a knave as the man who wins the love of a woman when he knows… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We know that the gifts which men have do not come from the schools. If a man is a plain, literal, factual… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There can be no barrenness in full summer. The very sand will yield something. Rocks will have mosses, and every rift will… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We know much of a writer by his style. An open and imperious disposition is shown in short sentences, direct and energetic.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I received a letter from a lad asking me for an easy berth. To this I replied: You cannot be an editor;… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Christianity works while infidelity talks. She feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, visits and cheers the sick, and seeks the lost, while… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Every man is full of music; but it is not every man that knows how to bring it out. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I will not say it is not Christian to make beads of others faults, and tell them over every day; I say… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better; nobler; holier than it knows now. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If a man has come to that point where he is no content that he says; I do not want to know… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is a patience that cackles. There are a great many virtues that are hen-like. They are virtue, to be sure; but… — 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
