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
education children parenting
Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
happiness war joy
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
book soul looks
Books are the windows through which the soul looks out.
fitness health thinking
I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
hero tree saint
Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests, but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero or a saint.
war men insanity
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
life anger men
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
friendship forgiveness forgive-and-forget
I can forgive but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive.
strength leadership being-strong
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
powerful men law
If any man is rich and powerful he comes under the law of God by which the higher branches must take the burnings of the sun, and shade those that are lower; by which the tall trees must protect the weak plants beneath them.
inspirational war never-forget
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
men self pieces
A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
long bird joy
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.
good-humor all-things tolerable
Good-humor makes all things tolerable