Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Providence is but another name for natural law. Natural law itself would go out in a minute if it were not for the divine thought that is behind it.
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Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their way up to an honest manhood in spite of parents and friends. Human nature has an element of great toughness in it.
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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.
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God's sovereignty is not in His right hand; God's sovereignty is not in His intellect; God's sovereignty is in His love.
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Nothing can be more airy and beautiful than the transparent seed-globe-a fairy dome of splendid architecture.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or flower-pot.
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God is the one great employer, thinker, planner, supervisor.
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May we feel after Thee; still calling out in the darkness, as children waking in the night call "Father," so may we call out for God; and, at times, even if we do not hear Thy voice, may there be the form of a hand resting upon us, and that shall be enough; for we shall take hold of it, though it be in the dark, and it shall guide us to the growing light; for the day shall come, and the release and triumph.
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I never know how to worship until I know how to love; and to love I must have something that I can put my arms around, — something that, touching my heart, shall leave not the chill of ice, but the warmth of summer.
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He who only does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born imperfect. It is a misfortune not unlike blindness.
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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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Like waves, our feelings may continue by repeating themselves, by intermittent rushes.
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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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Of all joyful, smiling, ever-laughing experiences, there are none like those which spring from true religion.
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I will not say it is not Christian to make beads of others faults, and tell them over every day; I say it is infernal. If you want to know how the Devil feels, you do know, if you are such an one.
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That is the best baptism that leaves the man cleanest inside.
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It is a very good world for the purposes for which it was built; and that is all anything is good for.
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The mere wit is only a human bauble. He is to life what bells are to horses-not expected to draw the load, but only to jingle while the horses draw.
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I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stoney street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun.
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He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.