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
flowers forgot god soul sweetest
Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into
love sweet worry
Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.
sweet coffee offering
No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
sweet victory next
Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
sweet fancy delight
Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight.
sweet war wine
Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
sweet grateful heart
Let the GRATEFUL HEART sweep through the day that it may recognize in every hour some sweet blessing.
sweet educational flower
A love of flowers would beget early rising, industry, habits of close observation, and of reading. It would incline the mind to notice natural phenomena, and to reason upon them. It would occupy the mind with pure thoughts, and inspire a sweet and gentle enthusiasm; maintain simplicity of taste; and ... unfold in the heart an enlarged, unstraightened, ardent piety.
compact himself man sells value
When a man sells 11 ounces for 12, he makes a compact with the devil, an sells himself for the value of an ounce.
next worst
The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government.
good liar lie tells truths
Even a liar tells 100 truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.
again expression flowers honest men others sad seem
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.
bell fear signal
Fear is a kind of bell ... it is the soul's signal for rallying.
gets grateful humble man mind naturally pride proud seldom soil thanks thinks
Pride slays thanksgiving, but an 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.