Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

No man is more cheated than the selfish man.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

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.

In things pertaining to enthusiasm no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labor in season and out of season under every discouragement... that requires a heroism which is transcendent.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

Well married, a man is winged—ill-matched, he is shackled.

Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth.

No matter what looms ahead if you can eat today enjoy the sunlight today mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.

A tool is but the extension of a man's hand and a machine is but a complex tool. He that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well being of mankind.

A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size or it is not the door that providence means for him.

Fear is a kind of bell or gong which rings the mind into quick life and avoidance upon the approach of danger. It is the soul's signal for rallying.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

None love to speak so much when the mood of speaking comes as they who are naturally taciturn.

It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war it is excitement.

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile some have a sad expression some are pensive and diffident others again are plain honest and upright.

Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.

There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.

It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.