He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHome should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
-
-
Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
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 -
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
HENRY WARD BEECHER