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
adversity world easy
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
love rivers world
Love is the river of life in the world.
government world anarchy
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
world mouths quarrels
There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
men fruit world
All the wide world is but the husbandry of God for the development of the one fruit-man.
children men world
No cradle for an emperor's child was ever prepared with so much magnificence as this world has been made for man. But it is only his cradle.
men world miserable
The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.
life taken world
Our life is in the loom; it rolls up and is hidden as fast as it is woven. It is to be taken out of the loom only when we leave this world; then only shall we see the pattern.
strong business world
The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
men joy world
Men are not put into this world to be everlastingly played on by the harping fingers of joy.
god men world
The world is God's workshop for making men in.
tree forests world
Of all formal things in the world, a clipped hedge is the most formal; and of all the informal things in the world, a forest tree is the most informal.
world calling ashamed
The world is to be cleaned by somebody, and you are not called of God if you are ashamed to scrub.
forgiveness world hedgehogs
There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills.