Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. Henry Ward Beecher

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. Henry Ward Beecher

Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages. Henry Ward Beecher

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the fairest blossom Which springs from the soul. Henry Ward Beecher

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. 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

To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. Henry Ward Beecher

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself. Henry Ward Beecher

Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting. Henry Ward Beecher

The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government. Henry Ward Beecher

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul. Henry Ward Beecher

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. Henry Ward Beecher

A tool is but the extension of a man’s hand and a machine is but a complex tool; and he that invents a machine augments the power of man and the well-being of mankind. 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

Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse. Henry Ward Beecher

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. Henry Ward Beecher

Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often, as intolerance. Henry Ward Beecher

Repentance is another name for aspiration. Henry Ward Beecher