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 Copy Share Image
See to it that each hour's feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It was the German schoolhouse which destroyed Napoleon III. France, since then, is making monster cannon and drilling soldiers still, but she… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In engineering, that only is great which achieves. It matters not what the intention is, he who in the day of battle… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A library is but the soul's burying ground. It is a land of shadows. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Any law that takes hold of a mans daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.” — 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
Oftentimes great and open temptations are the most harmless because they come with banners flying and bands playing and all the munitions… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid because the, community teems with excitement. Silence and death are dreadful. The rush of life, the vigor of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Most of the debts of Europe represent condensed drops of blood. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
As long as society is absolutely divided as milk is, the cream being at the top and the impoverished milk at the… — 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
See that each hour's feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war,… — 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
