It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWe should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhen a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWe go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
HENRY WARD BEECHEROnes best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
HENRY WARD BEECHER“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
HENRY WARD BEECHERI think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
HENRY WARD BEECHERAs 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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERSome people are proud of their humility.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
HENRY WARD BEECHERBlessed 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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHe is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
HENRY WARD BEECHEROf all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
HENRY WARD BEECHER