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
love rivers world
Love is the river of life in the world.
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The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.
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That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life.
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself
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That endless book, the newspaper, is our national glory.
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When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
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We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.
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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
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They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.