Henry Ward Beecher Quotes About Belief

• An oyster, that marvel of delicacy, that concentration of sapid excellence, that mouthful bwefore all other mouthfuls, who first had faith to believe it, and courage to execute? The exterior is not persuasive.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Courage, Believe, Oysters

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and Ears”, p.369

• Men strengthen each other in their faults. Those who are alike associate together, repeat the things which all believe, defend and stimulate their common faults of disposition, and each one receives from the others a reflection of his own egotism.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Believe, Men, Reflection

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and ears”, p.153

• When the old creeds are threadbare, and worn through, And all too narrow for the broadening soul, Give me the fine, firm texture of the new, Fair, beautiful and whole!

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Beautiful, Giving, Soul

• The more sincere we are in our belief, as a rule, the less demonstrative we are.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Belief, Sincere

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