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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.

“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

All Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Nature

“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Friendship

“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love

“The dog is the god of frolic.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

God

“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

“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

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Mom

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Leadership

“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

“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.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Friendship

“The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Good

“The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Knowledge

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Success

“God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Forgiveness

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Inspirational

“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

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Success

“The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Mothersday

“To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Art

“In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Success