We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things. Henry Ward Beecher More Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher More Quotes From Henry Ward Beecher Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray. Henry Ward Beecher dangerouserrorstruth Beauty may be said to be God's trademark in creation. Henry Ward Beecher creationmaybeauty Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. Nothing ever happens twice alike. The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other, to their work, to surrounding objects. The most tranquil house, with the most serene inhabitants, living upon the utmost regularity of system, is yet exemplifying infinite diversities. Henry Ward Beecher changeworkpeople Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient. Henry Ward Beecher admonitionbluntadvice Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them. Henry Ward Beecher humorlawfunny A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. Henry Ward Beecher menbookyears The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things. Henry Ward Beecher blockfashioncharacter I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. Henry Ward Beecher good-luckhard-workhumor To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. Henry Ward Beecher naturesuccessmen We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity. Henry Ward Beecher eternityliterature The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside. Henry Ward Beecher batteriesdestructionlaw Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else. Henry Ward Beecher lenientdisciplinework Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad. Henry Ward Beecher pleasurehearthappiness 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 gratitudethanksgivingthank-you “I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.” Henry Ward Beecher motivationalinspirationalfriendship There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. Henry Ward Beecher daughterlovechildren Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the truth. Henry Ward Beecher understandingmattermay When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce. Henry Ward Beecher devilmoneymen As long as society is absolutely divided as milk is, the cream being at the top and the impoverished milk at the bottom, so long will society be unbalanced, and liable to be thrown into convulsions out of which will spring wars. A circulation throughout keeps it in health. Henry Ward Beecher springwarlong It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. Henry Ward Beecher truthpatiencefriendship
