Henry Ward Beecher Quotes About Manhood

• Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Jesus, Christianity, Form

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

• A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Character, Men, Rich Or Poor

• We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Christian, Strong, Character

• Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Bribery, Has Beens

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

• There is a great deal more correctness of thought respecting manhood in bodily things than in moral things. For men's ideas of manhood shape themselves as the tower and spire of cathedrals do, that stand broad at the bottom, but grow tapering as they rise, and end, far up, in the finest lines, and in an evanishing point. Where they touch the ground they are most, and where they reach to the heaven they are least.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Ideas, Heaven

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 404, 1895.

• Perverted pride is a great misfortune in men; but pride in its original function, for which God created it, is indispensable to a proper manhood.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Pride, Men, Function

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

• By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Mean, Soul, Religion

• The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Bible, Character, Literature

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

• Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their way up to an honest manhood in spite of parents and friends. Human nature has an element of great toughness in it.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Children, Hands, Parent

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and Ears”, p.78

• Trouble teaches men how much there is in manhood.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Trouble, Teach

  Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher”, p.424

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