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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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
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The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.
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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and call it charity; when the crumbs are swept from our table, we think it generous to let the dogs eat them; as if that were charity which permits others to have what we cannot keep.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.
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A person can no more make money suddenly and largely, and be unharmed by it, than one could suddenly grow from a child's stature to an adult's without harm.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly.
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Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.
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The church is no more religion than the masonry of the aqueduct is the water that flows through it.