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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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine
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Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.
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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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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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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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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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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.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
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A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Our life is but a new form of the way men have lived from the beginning.