Men Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

289 Men quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

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Beecher’s sermons and essays often turned to the character of men, and this sizable set of 289 quotes captures his fervent moral voice. Expect a mix of earnest counsel, social critique, and the earnest optimism that marked his public speaking.

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Men can make an idol of the Bible.

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Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

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Sorrow makes men sincere.

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A man who does not love praise is not a full man.

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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.

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Think of a man in a chronic state of anger!

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The world is God's workshop for making men in.

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God sends experience to paint men's portraits.

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

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Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it.

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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.

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A man has no more religion than he acts out in his life.

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Men have a thousand desires to a bushel of choices.

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Nowhere on the globe do men live so well as in America, or grumble so much.

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A man has a right to picture God according to his need, whatever it be.

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There are materials enough in every man's mind to make a hell there.

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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will…

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There's not much practical Christianity in the man who lives on better terms with angels and seraphs than with his children, servants…

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He who only does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born imperfect. It is…

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A man is a great bundle of tools. He is born into this life without the knowledge of how to use them.…

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It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery…

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There is no right more universal and more sacred, because lying so near the root of existence, than the right of men…

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Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented…

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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the…

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The first merit of pictures is the effect which they can produce upon the mind; — and the first step of a…

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If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he…

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Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same…

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A lie is a very short wick in a very small lamp. The oil of reputation is very soon sucked up and…

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I would rather speak the truth to ten men than blandishments and lying to a million. Try it, ye who think there…

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Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety,--all this rust of life, ought to be scoured…

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The deeper men go into life, the deeper is their conviction that this life is not all. It is an unfinished symphony.…

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It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like…

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Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it. Just as long as there is the…

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Men who stand on any other foundation than the rock Christ Jesus are like birds that build in trees by the side…

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

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God has intended the great to be great and the little to be little ... The trade unions, under the European system,…

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It is often said it is no matter what a man believes if he is only sincere. This is true of all…

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There have been many men who left behind them that which hundreds of years have not worn out. The earth has Socrates…

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The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age. Some…

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Many will say, "I can find God without the help of the Bible, or church, or minister." Very well. Do so if…

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Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,…

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A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is…

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Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches…

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Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.

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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.

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Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart.

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In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion.

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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.

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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

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THERE are joys which long to be ours.

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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten…

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Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.

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Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.

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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…

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You have seen a ship out on the bay, swinging with the tide, and seeming as if it would follow it; and yet it…

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