Henry Ward Beecher

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

Henry Ward Beecher

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

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

All work and no plagiarism makes for dull sermons!

Henry Ward Beecher

Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Henry Ward Beecher

An oyster, that marvel of delicacy, that concentration of sapid excellence, that mouthful bwefore all other mouthfuls, who first had faith to believe it, and courage to execute? The exterior is not persuasive.

Henry Ward Beecher

Anger is a bow that will shoot sometimes where another feeling will not.

Henry Ward Beecher

As flowers always wear their own colors and give forth their own fragrance every day alike, so should Christians maintain their character at all times and under all circumstances.

Henry Ward Beecher

Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.

Henry Ward Beecher

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Henry Ward Beecher