Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecherwas an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 June 1813
CountryUnited States of America
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Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us
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Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical life.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
real failure men
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
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Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
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What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.
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The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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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.
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The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.