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Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) was an American clergyman, social reformer, and speaker known for his powerful oratory on abolition, women's suffrage, and temperance. One of the most influential public figures of the 19th century, Beecher had a gift for expressing moral and spiritual ideas in vivid, everyday language.

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Art

All Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

“We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

God

“Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Death

“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Inspirational

“Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Money

“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

“The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Success

“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Leadership

“Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Great

“Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Marriage

“It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Success

“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

God

“No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

God

“The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Imagination

“What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Best

“Love is the river of life in the world.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Inspirational

“The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Government

“Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

God

“We are always on the anvil by trials God is shaping us for higher things.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

God

“God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

God