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
home sometimes christianity
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
running men sea
The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age. Some have floated on the sea, and trouble carried them on its surface as the sea carries cork. Some have sunk at once to the bottom as foundering ships sink. Some have run away from their own thoughts. Some have coiled themselves up into a stoical indifference. Some have braved the trouble, and defied it. Some have carried it as a tree does a wound, until by new wood it can overgrow and cover the old gash.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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For fidelity, devotion, love, many a two-legged animal is below the dog and the horse. Happy would it be for thousands of people if they could stand at last before the Judgment Seat and say, I have loved as truly and have lived as decently as my dog, and yet we call them only brutes.
motivational famous-inspirational anything-worth-doing
There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.
happiness happy art
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
love life friendship
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
running flower rain
There is a dew in one flower and not in another, because one opens in cup and takes it in, while the other closes itself, and the drops run off. God rains His goodness and mercy as widespread as the dew, and if we lack them, it is because we will not open our hearts to receive them.
book men years
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
motivational faith future
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
inspirational fashion war
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
inspirational inspiring disappointment
Men's best successes come after their disappointments.
christian strong character
We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character.