Henry Ward Beecher quotes - page 6

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. (Henry Ward Beecher)
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. View quote
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. View quote
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A church debt is the devil's salary. View quote
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God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses. View quote
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Suffering is part of the divine idea. View quote
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Now comes the mystery. View quote
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I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. View quote
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The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But. View quote
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The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. View quote
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We would walk with Thee when Thou smitest us, and we would walk with Thee when Thou smilest upon us; for, smiling or smiting, it is in love. We take chastisement because we are sons, and Thou art Father. O grant that we may never feel Thy hand as Judge! Restrain us with Thy love. Wean us from our sin, and from the love of it, and bring us back to Thine own self. (Henry Ward Beecher)
When laws, customs, or institutions cease to be beneficial to man, they cease to be obligatory. View quote
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Live for the other life. Endure as seeing Him who is invisible. Work by faith; work by hope; work by love; work by courage; work by trust; work by the sweet side of your mind; and so be like Christ, until you dwell with Him. View quote
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For four thousand years the strong had been rushing on in the road of privilege and power, seeking greatness. Christ stood in the path, and said, " Ye seek greatness. Ye are not even in the way to it. Ye are going up, but the way to greatness is down. Let him who would be great be the love-servant of all." Greatness consists in the facility and power of going down, and not in the facility of going up. View quote
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It is not to come in any particular way, or with any particular experience, but to arise and come to your Father, and say unto Him, "Father I have sinned against heaven and before Thee, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son; make me as one of Thy hired servants." View quote
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May we grow more and more like God and heaven, more gracious, helpful, and sweet-minded; and when at last Thou hast served Thyself by us, may we fall asleep in Jesus, and find it no sleep, but everlasting waking in Jesus. View quote
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The common schools are the stomachs of the country in which all people that come to us are assimilated within a generation. When a lion eats an ox, the lion does not become an ox but the ox becomes a lion. So the immigrants of all races and nations become Americans, and it is a disgrace to our institutions and a shame to our policy to abuse them or drive them away. View quote
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Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye, that is a lens which opens reaches in the unknown, and reveals orbs which no telescope, however skilfully constructed, could do; nay, which brings to view even the throne of God, and pierces the nebulous distance where are those eternal verities in which true life consists. View quote
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If any of you should die today, could you say to God, "Lord, here is my life work. Thou didst send me into life with a handful of seeds, and here is my heart, like a garden, full of flowers?" View quote
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There are a great many doors open; but a door must be of a man's size or it is not meant for him. View quote
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It is not painter or sculptor who is making himself most nobly immortal. It is he who is making true impressions upon the mind of man; frescoes for eternity, that will not shine out till the light of heaven reveals them; sculptures, not wrought in outward things, but in the inward nature and character of the soul. (Henry Ward Beecher)
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. View quote
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The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. View quote
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To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. View quote
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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. View quote
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