There are multitudes of persons whose idea of liberty is the right to do what they please, instead of the right of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A week filled up with selfishness, and the Sabbath stuffed full of religious exercises, will make a good Pharisee, but a poor… — 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
The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person to be. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week — 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
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
There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and… — 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
