Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."
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"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."
Henry Ward Beecher
"The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences."
Henry Ward Beecher
"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
"A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
Henry Ward Beecher
"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!"
Henry Ward Beecher
"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."
Henry Ward Beecher
"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."
Henry Ward Beecher
"We are always on the anvil by trials God is shaping us for higher things."
Henry Ward Beecher
"I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love."
Henry Ward Beecher
"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
"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart."
Henry Ward Beecher
"He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own."
Henry Ward Beecher
"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Theology is a science of mind applied to God."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it."
Henry Ward Beecher
"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."
Henry Ward Beecher
"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments."
Henry Ward Beecher
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