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
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Do the best you can where you are, and when that is accomplished, God will open a door for you, and a voice will call ""Come up hither into a higher sphere
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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A woman's pity often opens the door to love.
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I have known men who thought the object of conversion was to cleanse them as a garment is cleansed, and that when they are converted they were to be hung up in the Lord's wardrobe, the door of which was to be shut, so that no dust could get at them. A coat that is not used the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted, the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.
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Mirthfulness is in the mind, and you cannot get it out. It is the blessed spirit that God has set in the mind to dust it, to enliven its dark places, and to drive asceticism, like a foul fiend, out at the back door. It is just as good, in its place, as conscience or veneration. Praying can no more be made a substitute for smiling than smiling can for praying.
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Going out into life--that is dying. Christ is the door out of life.
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When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is that in which their habits are formed. That is a very important period. But the period in which the ideas of the young are formed and adopted is more important still.
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Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
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You cannot forget if you would those golden kisses all over the cheeks of the meadow, queerly called dandelions.
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When we talk about ourselves we almost invariably use Latin words, and when we talk about our neighbors we use Saxon words
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Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages
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When a man sells 11 ounces for 12, he makes a compact with the devil, an sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while you are treading on costly carpets, and sitting upon luxurious chairs and sleeping upon down, is as if one were bribing your body for the sake of cheating your mind