52 Henry Ward Beecher Quotes (GREATNESS)

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One's best success comes after their greatest disappointments. — One’s best **success** comes after their greatest **disappointments**.

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings. — The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the **thankful** heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. — A library is not a **luxury** but one of the necessities of life.

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. — A little library, growing every year, is an **honorable** part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Hold yourself **responsible** for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. — We never know the **love** of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else. — Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low. — **Love** cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another’s heart, or its flame burns low.

18 Inspirational Henry Ward Beecher Quotes About Life (HAPPINESS)

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. — The art of being **happy** lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. — It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. — **Gratitude** is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. — **Laughter** is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road. — A person without a sense of **humor** is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. — **Compassion** will cure more sins than condemnation.

Love is the river of life in the world. — **Love** is the river of life in the world.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. — The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

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

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

A man without ambition is worse than dough that has no yeast in it to raise it. — A man without **ambition** is worse than dough that has no yeast in it to raise it.

No man is more cheated than the selfish man.

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost. — If a man harbors any sort of **fear**, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.

24 Wise Henry Ward Beecher Quotes to Motivate You (WISDOM)

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,’ is only another way of saying, ‘I will not forgive.’ Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.”
Henry Ward Beecher

There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world. — There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the **wisdom** in the world.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. — Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of **faith**.

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. — The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent **Christians**, but a school for the **education** of imperfect ones.

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. — To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the mother for the child. — There is no **friendship**, no **love**, like that of the mother for the child.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. — The difference between **perseverance** and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. — It is one of the severest tests of **friendship** to tell your friend his faults.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. — **Success** is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. — The **philosophy** of one century is the common sense of the next.

Books are the windows through which the soul looks out.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. — I never knew how to worship until I knew how to **love**.

The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith. — The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of **faith**.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

There is a power in the human mind… to see things as they are… but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.

Henry Ward Beecher Short Biography

Born on 24 June 1813 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, Henry Ward Beecher was an orator and a Congregationalist clergyman who was vocal about ending slavery.

In 1827, at the age of 14, Beecher started his oratorical training at the Mount Pleasant Classical Institute. Beecher attended Amherst College, and it was here that he had his first taste of public speaking. During this time, he also decided to join the ministry.

After graduating, Beecher attended Lane Theological Seminary and finished his course in 1837. He then moved to Indiana with his wife and was offered a post as a minister for the First Presbyterian Church.

Beecher moved to New York in 1847 and started drawing large crowds in the thousands by the 1850s. During this time, he started becoming more and more vocal about his opposition of slavery.

Beecher was also an advocate for women’s suffrage and evolutionary theory.

Further Reading:

Henry Ward Beecher, a Preacher with Political Clout – Connecticuthistory.org
Henry Ward Beecher – History of U.S. Woman’s Suffrage – National Women’s History Museum
Henry Ward Beecher: Preaching to Change Lives and Society – Preaching.com

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