Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The poor man with industry is happier than the rich man in idleness. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The human soul is God's treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A person can no more make money suddenly and largely, and be unharmed by it, than one could suddenly grow from a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a… — 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
“No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is in the heart that makes… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Many men want wealth,--not a competence alone, but a live-story competence. Everything subserves this; and religion they would like as a sort… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor. Wise men are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. Strong men… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men do not avail themselves of the riches of God's grace. They love to nurse their cares, and seem as uneasy without… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it. Just as long as there is the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Wealth in activity--capital with all its friction--is far safer than invested wealth lying dead. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor, and wise are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Let parents who hate their offspring rear them to hate labor, and to inherit riches; and before long they will be stung… — 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
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
