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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.

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“When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Men

All Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

“When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Men

“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

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Government

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Success

“To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Nature

“The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

History

“The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Education

“He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Strength

“In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Sad

“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

“We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Morning

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Inspirational

“All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Men

“Books are not men and yet they stay alive.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Men

“Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Success

“Theology is a science of mind applied to God.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

God

“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

“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Nature

“The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Mom

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Marriage