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
culture helping social
That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
failure men games
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.
sex women people
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.
emotional long feelings
No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
believe oysters excellence
An oyster, that marvel of delicacy, that concentration of sapid excellence, that mouthful bwefore all other mouthfuls, who first had faith to believe it, and courage to execute? The exterior is not persuasive.
men tolerance way
Let every man come to God in his own way.
writing ideas peg
All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
adversity reflection people
Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
god-bless bless good-nature
God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else.
children possibility bundles
A babe is nothing but a bundle of possibilities.
life men ordinary
All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments in a man are of no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him for the better discharge of the duties which devolve upon him in the ordinary affairs of life.
clever men wings
If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.
god needs pilots
We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
selfish war forgiving
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.