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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Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us
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Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor, and wise are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant.
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Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is multiplied a thousandfold, so affliction should magnify our joy and increase our spiritual harvest.
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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.
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The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands
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When a man sells 11 ounces for 12, he makes a compact with the devil, an sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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There is not a time that you walk through the street, when if you employed your senses, you would not learn something worthwhile.
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There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother
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Do the best you can where you are, and when that is accomplished, God will open a door for you, and a voice will call ""Come up hither into a higher sphere
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Even a liar tells 100 truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.