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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Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.
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He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
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Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
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Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
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The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character.
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It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong. A house built on the sand is in fair weather just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is no strain upon it.
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The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor; and no man can tell what becomes of his influence
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No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself
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No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.
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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.