Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Henry Ward Beecher quotes, Henry Ward Beecher sayings, and Henry Ward Beecher proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.Henry Ward Beecher
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Theology is a science of mind applied to God.Henry Ward Beecher
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The truest self-respect is not to think of self.Henry Ward Beecher
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A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. He that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well being of mankind.Henry Ward Beecher
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Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.Henry Ward Beecher
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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
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The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.Henry Ward Beecher
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A cunning man overreaches no one half so much as himself.Henry Ward Beecher
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Troubles come to us like mire and filth; but, when mingled with the soil, they change to flower and fruit.Henry Ward Beecher
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The mischiefs of anarchy have been equaled by the mischiefs of government.Henry Ward Beecher
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The fugitive, brief, though intense satisfactions that come to the nerves through the appetite and passions are not the foundations of joy in this world: they come with a moment's flash, and are disastrous in their flight.Henry Ward Beecher
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Pain is God's midwife, that helps some virtue into existence. Henry Ward Beecher
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This world is magnificent for strangers and pilgrims, but miserable for residents.Henry Ward Beecher
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.Henry Ward Beecher
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles.Henry Ward Beecher
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Indifference in religion is more fatal than skepticism. There is no pulse in indifference; skepticism may have warm bloodHenry Ward Beecher
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The newspaper is a greater treasure to the people than uncounted millions of gold.Henry Ward Beecher
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You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.Henry Ward Beecher
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The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.Henry Ward Beecher
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The mischiefs of anarchy have been equaled by the mischiefs of government.Henry Ward Beecher
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.Henry Ward Beecher
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Heaven answers with us the same purpose that the tuning-fork does with musicians. Our affections, the whole orchestra of them, are apt to get below the concert-pitch; and we take heaven to tune our hearts by.Henry Ward Beecher
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There is no such thing as preaching patience into people, unless the sermon is so long that they have to practise it while they hear.Henry Ward Beecher
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Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.Henry Ward Beecher
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A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.Henry Ward Beecher
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.Henry Ward Beecher
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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
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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 a man and the well-being of mankind.Henry Ward Beecher
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Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.Henry Ward Beecher
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself.Henry Ward Beecher
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