Henry Ward Beecher

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Henry Ward Beecher

I can forgive but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive.

Henry Ward Beecher

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

If there’s a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it gets done.

Henry Ward Beecher

In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.

Henry Ward Beecher

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

Henry Ward Beecher

See that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also.

Henry Ward Beecher