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
art greatness men
Of all man's works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.
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There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Every city should make the common school so rich, so large, so ample, so beautiful in its endowments, and so fruitful in its results, that a private school will not be able to live under the drip of it.
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Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.