Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

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

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  • Suffering is part of the divine idea.
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  • That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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  • 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.
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  • The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
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  • The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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  • The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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  • The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.
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  • The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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  • The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
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  • The dog is the god of frolic.
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  • The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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  • The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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  • The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.
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  • The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
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  • The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a ''But''.
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  • The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.
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  • The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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  • The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
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  • The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
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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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