Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A practical, matter-of-fact man is like a wagon without springs: every single pebble on the road jolts him; but a man with… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He who olny does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born inperfect. It is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The reason that men are so slow to confess their vices is because they have not yet abandoned them. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Nowhere on the globe do men live so well as in America, or grumble so much. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If any man is rich and powerful he comes under the law of God by which the higher branches must take the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Not that which men do worthily, but that which they do successfully, is what history makes haste to record. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some men will not shave on Sunday, and yet they spend all the week in shaving their fellow-men; and many folks think… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety,--all this rust of life, ought to be scoured… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
That which men suppose the imagination to be, and to do, is often frivolous enough and mischievous enough; but that which God… — 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
