Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery.

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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obeys them.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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A law is valuable, not because it is a law, but because there is right in it.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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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 Beecher

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Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
– Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American politician.

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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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Each book has a secret history of ways and means.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the mother for the child.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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