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
cannot cheeks forget golden kisses
You cannot forget if you would those golden kisses all over the cheeks of the meadow, queerly called dandelions.
ages principles
Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages
egg hen lays men rich
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles
conqueror defeated himself man
No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself
insane man proper sane
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.
according heart man poor rich turning whether
No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
becomes blossom cannot influence man
The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor; and no man can tell what becomes of his influence
hands head labor
The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands
easy grave
There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave
drudgery work
Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.
blossom came expresses generation labor love next seed spirit true
We should so live and labor in our times that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This expresses the true spirit in the love of mankind.
love sweet worry
Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.
soul body shops
The soul is often hungrier than the body and no shop can sell it food.
friends-or-friendship
Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more.