Quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it can never be shown against the man.
- Henry Ward Beecher
We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.
- Henry Ward Beecher
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
- Henry Ward Beecher
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
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Now comes the mystery.
- Henry Ward Beecher
God uses suffering as a whetstone, to make men sharp with.
- Henry Ward Beecher
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
- Henry Ward Beecher