The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history. Henry Ward Beecher More Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher More Quotes From Henry Ward Beecher A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air. Henry Ward Beecher angersummermen A man who does not love praise is not a full man. Henry Ward Beecher flatterydoemen Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all. Henry Ward Beecher respectconceitedmen In the sacred precinct of that dwelling where the despotic woman wields the sceptre of fierce neatness, one treads as if he carried his life in his hands. Henry Ward Beecher womenlifehands Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive home a searching truth. Don't whip with a switch that has the leaves on, if you want it to tingle. Henry Ward Beecher public-speakingwanthome I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything. Henry Ward Beecher warorderpeople Pain is God's midwife, that helps some virtue into existence. Henry Ward Beecher virtuepainhelping Victories that come cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting. Henry Ward Beecher victoryresultsfighting Oftentimes great and open temptations are the most harmless because they come with banners flying and bands playing and all the munitions of war in full view, so that we know we are in the midst of enemies that mean us damage, and we get ready to meet and resist them. Our peculiar dangers are those that surprise us and work treachery in our fort. Henry Ward Beecher viewswarmean Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it. Henry Ward Beecher wealthpleasuremen A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character. Henry Ward Beecher selfcharactermen God washes the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more. O love! O affliction! ye are the guides that show us the way through the great airy space where our loved ones walked; and, as hounds easily follow the scent before the dew be risen, so God teaches us, while yet our sorrow is wet, to follow on and find our dear ones in heaven. Henry Ward Beecher dear-oneslandeye A man is a great bundle of tools. He is born into this life without the knowledge of how to use them. Education is the process of learning their use. Henry Ward Beecher toolseducationmen No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion. Henry Ward Beecher obstinacyusemen Ignorance is the womb of monsters. Henry Ward Beecher wombignorancemonsters A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil. Henry Ward Beecher angerevilmen That is the best baptism that leaves the man cleanest inside. Henry Ward Beecher baptismhe-manmen Men will imitate and admire his unmoved firmness, his inflexible conscience for the right; and yet his gentleness, as tender as a woman's, his moderation of spirit, which not all the heat of party could inflame, nor all the jars and disturbances of this country shake out of its place: I swear you to an emulation of his justice, his moderation, and his mercy. Henry Ward Beecher partymencountry A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns. Henry Ward Beecher springmotivationalhappiness Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down. Henry Ward Beecher mountaingoldmen
