Henry Ward Beecher Quotes - Page 2

• Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Victory, Causes, Losing

  "Royal Truths".

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• A man never has good luck who has a bad wife.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Good Luck, Men, Wife

  Henry Ward Beecher (1856). “Lectures to young men: on various important subjects”, p.30

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Laughter, Children, Hate

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• The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Life And Love, Taken, People

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Heart

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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.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Hope, Men, Order

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

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Progress, Too Much, Looking Back

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• Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone; he would have the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard!

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Bible, Ocean, Biblical

  "Life Thoughts".

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• In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Thinking, Long

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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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• 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

  Mind, Might, Humans

  Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher”, p.150

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• The things that hurt us teach us.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Hurt, Teach

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• I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Humor, Good Luck, Hard Work

  Henry Ward Beecher (1850). “Industry and idleness: with causes of dishonesty : to which are appended six warnings”, p.23

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• In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each
  is serving the others, seeking one another's good,
  and bearing one another's burdens.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Family, Ratios, Burden

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

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• Sophistry is the fallacy of argument.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Sophistry, Argument, Fallacy

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• A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Battle, Legs

  Henry Ward Beecher (1868). “Sermons”, p.73

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• There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Long, Joy, Bird

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life thoughts gathered from the extemporaneous discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, by E.D. Procter”, p.64

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• If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Done, Want, Christ

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• Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Temptation

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

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• He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Love, Weed, Flower

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• What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Mother, War, Being A Mom

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

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• Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Kindness, Compassion

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.158

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• Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Life, Thankful

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• It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Greatness, Arrogant, Exclusive

  HENRY WARD BEECHER (1855). “STAR PAPERS OR EXPERIENCES OF ART AND NATURE”, p.267

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