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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It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles
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You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.
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A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.
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The human soul is God's treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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The poor man with industry is happier than the rich man in idleness.
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Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.
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Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law
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The prouder a man is, the more he thinks he deserves, and the more he thinks he deserves, the less he really does deserve.
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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.