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Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) was a prominent American preacher, abolitionist, and social reformer whose dynamic oratory and progressive views left a significant mark on 19th-century America. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, he became an influential minister at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, where he passionately advocated for the abolition of slavery and women's rights. Beecher's eloquence extended beyond the pulpit; his essays and lectures captivated many, earning him a reputation as one of the period's leading intellectuals. His legacy endures in the ongoing struggle for social justice.
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"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."
Henry Ward Beecher"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."
Henry Ward Beecher"God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness."
Henry Ward Beecher
"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one."
Henry Ward Beecher
"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."
Henry Ward Beecher
"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"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"The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart."
Henry Ward Beecher
"In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast."
Henry Ward Beecher"Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either."
Henry Ward Beecher"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."
Henry Ward Beecher"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"
Henry Ward Beecher
"A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
Henry Ward Beecher"Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
Henry Ward Beecher"Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it."
Henry Ward Beecher"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
"We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning."
Henry Ward Beecher