Thinking Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

Think of a man in a chronic state of anger!

— Henry Ward Beecher

The truest self-respect is not to think of self.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The prouder a man is, the more he thinks he deserves, and the more he thinks he deserves, the less he really…

— Henry Ward Beecher

I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.

— Henry Ward Beecher

We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Thinking is creating with God, as thinking is writing with the ready writer; and worlds are only leaves turned over in the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Some folks think that Christianity means a kind of insurance policy, and that it has little to do with this life, but…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The Divine mind does not think for us, or inspite of us, but works in us to think, and to will, and…

— Henry Ward Beecher

When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations,…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Men think God is destroying them because he is tuning them. The violinist screws up the key till the tense cord sounds…

— Henry Ward Beecher

In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. By these tendrils we clasp it and climb thitherward. And why…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Brethren, we are all sailing home; and by and by, when we are not thinking of it, some shadowy thing (men call…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

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

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

It is a view of God that compensates every thing else, and enables the soul to rest in His bosom. How, when…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Thinking cannot be clear until it has had expression-we must write, or speak, or act our thoughts, or they will remain in…

— Henry Ward Beecher

I received a letter from a lad asking me for an easy berth. To this I replied: You cannot be an editor;…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love is the river of life in this world. Think not that ye know it who stand at the little tinkling rill,…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

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

Some people think black is the color of heaven, and that the more they can make their faces look like midnight, the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

I used to think the Lord's Prayer was a short prayer; but as I live longer, and see more of life, I…

— Henry Ward Beecher

As ships meet at sea a moment together, when words of greeting must be spoken, and then away upon the deep, so…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Now, men think, with regard to their conduct, that, if they were to lift themselves up gigantically and commit some crashing sin,…

— Henry Ward Beecher

I think half the troubles for which men go slouching in prayer to God are caused by their intolerable pride. Many of…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Amid the discords of this life, it is blessed to think of heaven, where God draws after him an everlasting train of…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The conditions of city life may be made healthy, so far as the physical constitution is concerned; but there is connected with…

— Henry Ward Beecher