Quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
- 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
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to point us to that realm which is the real and endless home of the heart.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Some people are so dry that you might soak them in a joke for a month and it would not get through their skins.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is a human owl, vigilant in darkness, and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government.
- Henry Ward Beecher
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
- Henry Ward Beecher