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Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Henry Ward Beecher
American
Clergyman
Born:
Jun 24
,
1813
Died:
Mar 8
,
1887
Every
God
Heart
Man
Will
You
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher
Gratitude
Soul
Fairest
Springs
Blossom
Which
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Henry Ward Beecher
Happiness
Art
Happy
Power
Lies
Common
Being
Common Things
Being Happy
Things
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher
Leadership
You
Yourself
Responsible
Higher
Higher Standard
Never
Excuse
Than
Expects
Anybody
Hold
Standard
We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
Henry Ward Beecher
Love
Parents
Become
Ourselves
Parent
Never
Know
Till
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
Henry Ward Beecher
Strength
Great
Man
Strong
Own
Solitary
Rightly
Carries
Carry
Lies
Above
Only
He
Most
Attraction
Fellows
Glory
Greatest
His
Up
Greatness
Hearts
Being
Used
Being Strong
Using
Whose
Serve
Right
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
Henry Ward Beecher
Inspirational
Every
Charitable
Stepping
Stepping Stone
Toward
Stone
Heaven
Act
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
Henry Ward Beecher
Love
Friendship
Parent
No Love
Like
Child
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Henry Ward Beecher
Sense Of Humor
Humor
Sense
Every
Road
Like
Without
Springs
Wagon
Person
Pebble
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
Henry Ward Beecher
Thankful
Thanksgiving
Man
Grateful
Humble
Pride
Mind
Soil
Thanks
Out
Seldom
Never
He
Proud
Proud Man
Gets
Which
Much
Naturally
Grow
Deserves
Thinks
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Henry Ward Beecher
Joy
World
Shine
Few
Trees
Sun
Does
Wide
Flowers
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
Forgiveness
Saying
Will
Ought
Way
Torn
Only
Never
Like
Another
Another Way
Up
Forget
Cancelled
Forgive
Burned
Cannot
Against
Note
Shown
Two
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
Henry Ward Beecher
Strength
Own
Carries
He
Most
Attraction
Greatest
His
Up
Hearts
Whose
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
Love
Needs
Heart
Flame
Lamp
Out
Indifference
Fed
Like
Another
Oil
Endure
Wanted
Cannot
Burns
Low
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
Perseverance
Strong
Will
Other
Between
Obstinacy
Difference
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
Henry Ward Beecher
Man
Others
Finds
Never
Excuses
Himself
Always
Real
Real Man
Who
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
Henry Ward Beecher
Inspirational
Tears
Men
Telescope
See
Often
Heaven
Which
Far
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
Wisdom
People
Judge
Distance
Excellence
Point
Where
Should
Traveled
Peak
Started
We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.
Henry Ward Beecher
Life
Morning
Down
Sun
Weaving
Never
Loom
Up
Stops
Which
Pattern
Sleep
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
Henry Ward Beecher
Angry
You
Says
Never
Never Forget
Person
Forget
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.
Henry Ward Beecher
Smile
Day
Laughter
More
Both
Between
Gently
Than
Either
Sobriety
Twilight
Night
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
Henry Ward Beecher
People
Dangerous
Most
Ignorant
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
Henry Ward Beecher
Compassion
Will
More
Condemnation
Sins
Cure
Than
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
Henry Ward Beecher
Education
School
Church
Eminent
Imperfect
Exhibition
Gallery
Christians
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
Henry Ward Beecher
Best
Failure
Our
Disappointments
Come
Greatest
Often
After
Successes
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
Thankful
Day
Heart
Will
Every
Find
Finds
Some
Magnet
Through
Mercies
Hour
Blessings
Discovers
Iron
Heavenly
Sweep
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
Henry Ward Beecher
Love
Friendship
Truth
You
Man
Words
Speak
Faults
Tell
See
Bear
Through
Him
His
Tests
Friend
Cannot
Stain
Loving
To Love
Your
Painful
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