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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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.
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I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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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.