Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
HENRY WARD BEECHERRepentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
HENRY WARD BEECHERBeauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
HENRY WARD BEECHERNo coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
HENRY WARD BEECHERNo man is more cheated than the selfish man.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWe need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
HENRY WARD BEECHERI 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 BEECHERA person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe most dangerous people are the ignorant.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTroubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWe let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhat I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
HENRY WARD BEECHERSorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
HENRY WARD BEECHER