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.
becomes blossom cannot influence man
The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor; and no man can tell what becomes of his influence
conqueror defeated himself man
No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself
insane man proper sane
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.
according heart man poor rich turning whether
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.
hands head labor
The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands
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.