Henry Ward Beecher Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

93 Famous Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
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“A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of shadows.”
Libraries Quotes
Source: Star Papers--Oxford--Bodleian Library
“A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.”
Invention Quotes
Source: Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit--Business
“He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.”
Duty Quotes
Source: Life Thoughts
“Faith is spiritualized imagination.”
Faith Quotes
“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.”
Faith Quotes
“I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.”
Romance Quotes
“Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.”
Character Quotes
“I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.”
Love Quotes
“The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.”
Business Quotes
“Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.”
Charity Quotes
“We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.”
Children Quotes
“The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.”
Dogs Quotes
“In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.”
Enthusiasm Quotes
“A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.”
Gratitude Quotes
“Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.”
Gratitude Quotes
“Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.”
Heaven Quotes
“There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.”
Learning Quotes
“To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.”
Medicine Quotes
“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”
Obstinacy Quotes
“Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.”
Opinions Quotes
“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”
Perseverance Quotes
“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.”
Strength Quotes
“A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.”
Tools Quotes
“There are many people who think that Sunday is a sponge to wipe out all the sins of the week.”
Christianity Quotes
“Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better; nobler; holier than it knows now.”
Christianity Quotes