Faith is spiritualized imagination.
HENRY WARD BEECHERFaith is spiritualized imagination.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA 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 BEECHERWhatever 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 BEECHERThe most dangerous people are the ignorant.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThere is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
HENRY WARD BEECHERNo grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe 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 BEECHERYour greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
HENRY WARD BEECHEREvery man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
HENRY WARD BEECHERThere 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 BEECHEROnes best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
HENRY WARD BEECHERChildren are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
HENRY WARD BEECHERNo matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTrue elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTo do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
HENRY WARD BEECHER