Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  World, Mouths, Quarrels

  Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”

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• Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Hate, Enough, Despise

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Leadership, Wisdom, Distance

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Motivational, Faith, Future

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• No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

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  Heart, Men, Rich Or Poor

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.46

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

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

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  Inspirational, Strength, Success

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

  "Proverbial Wisdom: Proverbs, Maxims and Ethical Sentences, of Interest to All Classes of Men". Book by Abram N. Coleman, p. 233, 1903.

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• We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

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  War, Adversity, Religion

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• Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Wise, Fall, Looks

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• 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 a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Strength, Being Strong, Loneliness

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.33

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• Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Rain, Food, Clouds

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.92

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• In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

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  Motivational, Success, Giving Up

  Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor (1858). “Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher”, p.19

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• God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.

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  Hope, Men, Order

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Lectures to young men, on various important subjects”, p.314

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• The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Broken Heart, War, Practice

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• No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Dream, Time, Cheer

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• The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

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  Fashion, Block, Character

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

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  Motivational, Graduation, Perseverance

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

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

  "Gems of Truth & Beauty".

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• The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

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  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Heart

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

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  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.

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  Men, Walking

  Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1882). “Sermons in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”

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• Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Friendship, Forgiveness, War

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• Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Influence

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• Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Progress, Too Much, Looking Back

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