Some people are proud of their humility.
HENRY WARD BEECHEROnes best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
-
-
We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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 -
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
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 -
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
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.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
HENRY WARD BEECHER






