Quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
God's men are better than the devil's men, and they ought to act as though they thought they were.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Man is that name of power which rises above them all, and gives to every one the right to be that which God meant he should be.
- Henry Ward Beecher
There is no right more universal and more sacred, because lying so near the root of existence, than the right of men to their own labor.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Men can make an idol of the Bible.
- Henry Ward Beecher
A boy is a piece of existence quite separate from all things else, and deserves separate chapters in the natural history of men.
- Henry Ward Beecher
It takes longer for man to find out man than any other creature that is made.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.
- Henry Ward Beecher
It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Education will not come of itself; it will never come unless you seek it; it will not come unless you take the first steps which lead to it; but, taking these steps, every man can acquire it.
- Henry Ward Beecher
It is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.
- Henry Ward Beecher
We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.
- Henry Ward Beecher