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 funny book
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
war men funeral
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
men land funeral
Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the applications of the truth, heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung.
funny christian education
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
funny humor law
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
funny oil anxiety
Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the oil.
life men funeral
A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation's young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.
love song fun
Loving is like music. Some instruments can go up two octaves, some four, and some all the way from black thunder to sharp lightning. As some of them are susceptible only of melody, so some hearts can sing but one song of love, while others will fun in a full choral harmony.
pride men function
Perverted pride is a great misfortune in men; but pride in its original function, for which God created it, is indispensable to a proper manhood.
drudgery work
Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.
easy grave
There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave
coming determines success
It is not the going out of the port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
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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. And, it is not a few faint wishes but a lifelong struggle that makes us valiant.
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Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last year's nest from which the birds have flown