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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Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.
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If we would have anything of benefit, we must earn it, and earning it become shrewd, inventive, ingenious, active, enterprising.
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Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labor in season and out of season, under every discouragement... that requires a heroism which is transcendent.
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Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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The poor man with industry is happier than the rich man in idleness.
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A dull axe never loves grindstones, but a keen workman does; and he puts his tool on them in order that it may be sharp. And men do not like grinding; but they are dull for the purposes which God designs to work out with them, and therefore He is grinding them.
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Work is not a curse, but drudgery is.
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Victories are easy and cheap. The only victories worth anything are those achieved through hard work and dedication.
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When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is that in which their habits are formed. That is a very important period. But the period in which the ideas of the young are formed and adopted is more important still.
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Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
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You cannot forget if you would those golden kisses all over the cheeks of the meadow, queerly called dandelions.