War Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Work is not a curse, but drudgery is.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The one great poem of New England is her Sunday.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.

— Henry Ward Beecher

True obedience is true freedom.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Most of the debts of Europe represent condensed drops of blood.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A library is but the soul's burying ground. It is a land of shadows.

— Henry Ward Beecher

See that each hour's feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

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