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Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Henry Ward Beecher quotes

American Clergyman June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887

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Henry Ward Beecher quote: "It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not..."
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
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of..."
The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be..."
If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "Each book has a secret history of ways and means."
Each book has a secret history of ways and means. Henry Ward Beecher
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ..."
There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own..."
No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he..."
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "Law represents the effort of man to organize society;..."
Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your ..."
There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world. Henry Ward Beecher
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. Henry Ward Beecher
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "Once an ill can be patiently born it is robbed of its poison..."
Once an ill can be patiently born it is robbed of its poison if not its pain. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and..."
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself. Henry Ward Beecher

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