Henry Ward Beecher quotes - page 5

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. (Henry Ward Beecher)
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. View quote
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Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. View quote
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Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life. View quote
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There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. View quote
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A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good. View quote
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Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God. View quote
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. View quote
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A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. View quote
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You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. View quote
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Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. (Henry Ward Beecher)
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. View quote
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. View quote
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Books are not men and yet they stay alive. View quote
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The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes. View quote
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Theology is a science of mind applied to God. View quote
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Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul. View quote
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Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more. View quote
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A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself. View quote
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The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain. View quote
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Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse. (Henry Ward Beecher)
God's providence is on the side of clear heads. View quote
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What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away. View quote
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Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it. View quote
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The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. View quote
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