Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the truth.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIf you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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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.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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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.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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