Henry Ward Beecher Quotes About Suffering

• 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

• Every boy wants someone older than himself to whom he may go in moods of confidence and yearning. The neglect of this child's want by grown people . . . is a fertile source of suffering.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Children, Boys, People

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and Ears”, p.77

• Suffering is part of the divine idea.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Ideas, Suffering, Divine

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.191

• Suffering well borne is better than suffering removed.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Suffering, Wells

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.62

• Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of health.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Spiritual, Men, Suffering

  Henry Ward Beecher (1870). “Familiar Talks on Themes of General Christian Experience”, p.233

• There is no part of government which cannot better suffer derangement than the ballot. If you strike the ballot with disease, it is heart disease.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Heart, Government, Suffering

• We are never ripe till we have been made so by suffering.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Suffering, Made, Has Beens

  Henry Ward Beecher, Irene H. Ovington (1901). “Comforting Thoughts: Spoken by Henry Ward Beecher in Sermons, Addresses, and Prayers”

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