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
inspirational disappointment failure
Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
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Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!
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Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.