Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the everlasting wants of men, so that they shall draw more from them as wells, there is no more immortality to the thoughts and feelings of the soul than to the muscles and bones. Henry Ward Beecher More Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher More Quotes From Henry Ward Beecher The soul is often hungrier than the body and no shop can sell it food. Henry Ward Beecher shops body soul It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible. Henry Ward Beecher bones defeat men Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices. Henry Ward Beecher worry sweet love He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds. Henry Ward Beecher weed flower love Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick. Henry Ward Beecher break easy men Men are not put into this world to be everlastingly played on by the harping fingers of joy. Henry Ward Beecher joy men world No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him. Henry Ward Beecher benefits criticism men 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. Henry Ward Beecher parent children hands Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor. Wise men are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. Strong men are to bear with the feeble. Cultured people are to bear with the rude and vulgar. If a rough and coarse man meets an ecstatically fine man, the man that is highest up is to be the servant of the man that is lowest down. Henry Ward Beecher wise mistake men Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man aspires. Henry Ward Beecher noble-man ambition men We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses. Henry Ward Beecher curse blessing Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time. Henry Ward Beecher humor war funny 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. Henry Ward Beecher jingles bells horse Faith is a recognition of those things which are above the senses. Henry Ward Beecher recognition senses faith It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed. Henry Ward Beecher government men There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth. Henry Ward Beecher doe men life A man without ambition is worse than dough that has no yeast in it to raise it. Henry Ward Beecher yeast ambition men Our life is in the loom; it rolls up and is hidden as fast as it is woven. It is to be taken out of the loom only when we leave this world; then only shall we see the pattern. Henry Ward Beecher woven taken life If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost. Henry Ward Beecher fear men thinking Anger is a bow that will shoot sometimes where another feeling will not. Henry Ward Beecher bows feelings sometimes
