Henry Ward Beecher on blessing
Henry Ward Beecher170 quotes“Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.”
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Some people are proud of their humility.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The beginning is the promise of the end.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The things that hurt us teach us.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry 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 BeecherHenry Ward Beecher We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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