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
writing men names
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.
freedom obedience true-freedom
True obedience is true freedom.
new-year new-beginnings men
Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
friendship patience truth
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.
sweet coffee offering
No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
memorial-day military moving
Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
faith imagination
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
angel men death-of-a-friend
We go to the grave of a friend saying, "A man is dead," but angels throng about him saying, "A man is born."
years law done
It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
ocean biblical men
Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and guide would be gone; the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard!
prayer war men
It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
book longing good-company
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
power men protection
The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.
inspiring disappointment failure
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.