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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Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.
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If a man has come to that point where he is so content that he says; I do not want to know any more, or do any more or be any more, he is in a state of which he ought to be changed into a mummy
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget,'' is only another way of saying, 'I cannot forgive.'
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''I can forgive, but I cannot forget,'' is only another way of saying, ''I cannot forgive.''
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Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
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Love, like a lamp, needs to be fed out of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
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Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.
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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine
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Of all earthly music that which reaches farthest into heaven is the beating of a truly loving heart
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When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is that in which their habits are formed. That is a very important period. But the period in which the ideas of the young are formed and adopted is more important still.
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When we talk about ourselves we almost invariably use Latin words, and when we talk about our neighbors we use Saxon words
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To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while you are treading on costly carpets, and sitting upon luxurious chairs and sleeping upon down, is as if one were bribing your body for the sake of cheating your mind
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There is not a time that you walk through the street, when if you employed your senses, you would not learn something worthwhile.
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There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother