Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
Henry Ward Beecher

Down, Top, View

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
Henry Ward Beecher

Forgiveness, Forget, Saying

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom, Judge, Point

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

Humor, Person, Sense

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

Parenting, Love, Parents

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

Faith, Tomorrow, Two

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

Inspirational, Act, Heaven

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

Leadership, Yourself, Anybody

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

Thankful, Heart, Blessings

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom, Nature, Good

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
Henry Ward Beecher

Mind, Humble, Proud

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

Inspirational, Gratitude, Soul

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

Art, Nature, Soul

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

Inspirational, Men, Often

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

Life, Library, Luxury

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

Love, Friendship, Child

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

Success, Give, Rich

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

Religion, Love, Until

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

Business, Successful, Remember

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
Henry Ward Beecher

Love, Heart, Cannot

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.
Henry Ward Beecher

Smile, Laughter, Night

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
Henry Ward Beecher

Real, Others, Excuses

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.
Henry Ward Beecher

Nature, God, Soul

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
Henry Ward Beecher

Religion, God, Trials

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
Henry Ward Beecher

Mom, Mother, Heart

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Clergyman

Born: June 24, 1813

Died: March 8, 1887

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