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Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker

Lived from: 1813 - 1887

Category: Theologians and clergy Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 24 june 1813 Died: 8 march 1887

  • Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.
  • Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
  • Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
  • See that each hour's feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also.
  • Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
  • In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.
  • Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that citizens; on this side orphans, on that children;
  • It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
  • You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
  • Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance
  • The advertisements in a newspaper are more full of knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
  • Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.
  • There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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  • Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty - how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes.
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  • Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.
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  • God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.
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  • It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.
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  • It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is the rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution which destroys the machinery but the friction. Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices
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  • The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.
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  • When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
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  • You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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What are the most famous quotes from Henry Ward Beecher?

The two most famous quotes from Henry Ward Beecher are:

  • "Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty - how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes."
  • "Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men."

When did Henry Ward Beecher live?

Henry Ward Beecher was born in 1813 and died in the year 1887.