Henry Ward Beecher

A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm – it can creep, but it cannot fly.

Henry Ward Beecher

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

Henry Ward Beecher

A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Henry Ward Beecher

A man’s ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.

Henry Ward Beecher

All words are pegs to hang ideas on.

Henry Ward Beecher

Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the oil.

Henry Ward Beecher

Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.

Henry Ward Beecher

Blessed are the happiness makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.

Henry Ward Beecher

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Henry Ward Beecher

Cant is the twin sister of hypocrisy.

Henry Ward Beecher