There are materials enough in every man's mind to make a hell there. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Good men are not those who now and then do a good act, but men who join one good act to another. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man without ambition is worse than dough that has no yeast in it to raise it. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them. — 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
There is no right more universal and more sacred, because lying so near the root of existence, than the right of men… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We go to the grave of a friend saying, "A man is dead," but angels throng about him saying, "A man is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not… — 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
When young men or women are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is that in which their habits… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man is a fool who sits looking backward from himself in the past. Ah, what shallow, vain conceit there is in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no greater crime than to stand between a man and his development; to take any law or institution and put… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God does not refuse to make himself known to man. He only will not do it by the symbolism of matter. He… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Ordinarily rivers run small at the beginning, grow broader and broader as they proceed, and become widest and deepest at the point,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
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 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… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is a great deal more correctness of thought respecting manhood in bodily things than in moral things. For men's ideas of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read,… — 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
I have known men who thought the object of conversion was to cleanse them as a garment is cleansed, and that when… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men judge of Christians by taking as fair samples those that lie rotten on the ground. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
You have seen a ship out on the bay, swinging with the tide, and seeming as if it would follow it; and yet it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
