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 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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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. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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A Christianity which will not help those who are struggling from the bottom to the top of society, needs another Christ to die for it.
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A library is but the soul's burial ground; it is the land of shadows. Yet one is impressed with the thought, the labor, and the struggle, represented in this vast catacomb of books. Who could dream, by the placid waters that issue from the level mouths of brooks into the lake, all the plunges, the whirls, the divisions, and foaming rushes that had brought them down to the tranquil exit? And who can guess through what channels of disturbance, and experiences of sorrow, the heart passed that has emptied into this Dead Sea of books?
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Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.
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There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave
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It is not the going out of the port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
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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
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We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves.
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We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.
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The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all
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It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stony street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun
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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.