Henry Ward Beecher > Quotes

“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”
― Henry Ward Beecherr

“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is a wrong to his family. He cheats them! Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it.”
― Henry Ward Beecher, Eyes and ears

“Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

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

“Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Now comes the mystery! (last words)”
― 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

“Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“No man is more cheated than the selfish man.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Books are the windows through
which the soul looks out.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions."
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― Henry Ward Beecher

“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. ”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is in the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“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

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

“I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.”
― Henry Ward Beecher