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
growing-up pride men
When a man's pride is subdued it's like the sides of Mount Aetna. It was terrible during the eruption, but when that is over and the lava is turned into soil, there are vineyards and olive trees which grow up to the top.
humility pride people
Some people are proud of their humility.
sports motivational-sports lost
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
humility true-humility servility
Nothing can be further apart than true humility and servility.
flower men appreciate
He who olny does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born inperfect. It is a misfortune not unlike blindness.
character men circles
Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.
flower tree huge
The tree is but a huge boquet.
men vices reason
The reason that men are so slow to confess their vices is because they have not yet abandoned them.
mother baby anchors
A babe is a mother's anchor.
biblical spiders generations
Coming to the Bible through commentaries is much like looking at a landscape through garret windows, over which generations of unmolested spiders have spun their webs.
speech speak one-love
None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.
animal men citizens
Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.
law judging earth
Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge.
inspirational mean men
A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.