Admonition Quote by Henry Ward Beecher Download Open image “Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.” — Henry Ward Beecher ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Admonition Advice Blunt
We don't deliberately set out to offend. Unless we feel it's justified. — Graham Chapman Copy Share Image
When you admonish a wrongdoer, do so gently, that it may not lead to hostility. — Plato Copy Share Image
I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings. — Martha Wainwright Copy Share Image
No matter how carefully you deliver your point, it may not be received in the way you intend. — Kumar Anupam Copy Share Image
It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like. — Victor Hugo 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
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Everyone interested in licensing our field might note that the reason licensing has been invented is to protect the public, not designers or clients.… — Milton Glaser Copy Share Image
Far and away the most futile admonition Christ ever offered was when he said, 'Have no care for tomorrow. Don't worry about whether you're… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Reprehension is a kind of middle thing betwixt admonition and correction: it is sharpe admonition, but a milde correction. It is rather to be… — William Gouge Copy Share Image
Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all: that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Admonition never sinks so deeply on the heart as in the hour of trial; young, amiable as you are, life teems, I doubt not,… — Regina Maria Roche Copy Share Image
Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth… — Roger Chamberlain Copy Share Image
It is a singular capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on this head, there should… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Keep Looking Up was my life's admonition I can do little else in my present position. — Jack Horkheimer Copy Share Image
What I mean by the Muse is that unimpeded clearness of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
There needs to be an order of office, but in every single office that is presented in the Scriptures there is the personal emphasis… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or… — Diogenes Copy Share Image
