black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

Henry Ward Beecher

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Children Friendship Love Parents
Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Himself Life Man Obligation Representation
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Egg Herself Man Rich
No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Cheating Man Selfish
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Beat Heart Heaven Love Music Reach
Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Born Man Page Start
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Easy Grave Hard Place World
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Ground Man Reach Sky Touch
I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Doctor More Sun Thinking
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

Deserve Gratitude Humble Mindset Pride Thankful Thinking
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

Cheer Eat Enjoyment Friendship God
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Art Common Happiness Power
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Bone Defeat Man Muscle Reason
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Better Fashion God Tools Trouble
A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Better Honesty Man Myself Purpose School Sin
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Destroy Friction Kill Machine Man Revolution Work Worry

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes