HENRY WARD BEECHER Quotes

"A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires." ~H.W. Beecher

"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven." ~Henry Ward Beecherar

“Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.” ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Doctrine is nothing but skin of truth, set up and stuffed." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Every artist dips his brush into his soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery, in which to bury the faults of his friends." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith." ~Henry Ward Beecher

“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.” ~Henry Ward Beecher on Business

"Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note-torn in two and burned up, so that it can never be shown against one." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul." ~Henry Ward Beecher

“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.” ~Henry Ward Beecher on Strength

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"In friendship, your heart is like a bell struck every time your friend is in trouble." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"In this world, it is not what we take up but what we give up that makes us rich." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"It is sometimes of God’s mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane–putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track and from ruin." ~H.W. Beecher

"Let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!" ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Men's best successes come after their disappointments." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments." ~Henry Ward Beecher

‎"Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t." ~Henry Ward Beecher 

“The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.” ~Henry Ward Beecher

"The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!" ~Henry Ward Beecher

"There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman, and of all loving woman, there is no such slave as a mother." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Theology is a science of mind applied to God." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Troubles are often the tools God uses to fashion us for better things." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"We never know the love of a parent until we become parents ourselves." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Wherever you have seen God pass, mark that spot, and go sit in that window again." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable." ~Henry Ward Becher

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