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He Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
- Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
- Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for…
- Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry…
- If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.
- He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
- He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
- God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
- The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.
- God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without…
- It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
- A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
More He Quotes
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- No one loves the man whom he fears. — Aristotle
- He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is… — Aristotle