Henry Ward Beecher > Quotes

“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

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

“Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. ”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Books are the windows through
which the soul looks out.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions."
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― Henry Ward Beecher

“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is in the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the mother for the child.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“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

“‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.”
― 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

“Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Now comes the mystery! (last words)”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A home without books is like a room without windows.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not a choice. You must take it. The only question is how.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“The love of learning; the sequestered nooks and all the sweet serenity of books.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“the difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Each book has a secret history of ways and means.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Orang yang periang bisa diibaratkan sinar matahari,
Yang membuat orang-orang di sekelilingnya ikut riang pula.
Keriangan hati memberi sayap pada kaki, otot pada tungkai dan lengan, serta keluwesan pada setiap gerakan.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Tuhan tidak pernah bertanya kepada seseorang apakah dia akan menerima hidupnya. Ini bukan pilihan. Anda harus menerimanya. Satu-satunya yang bisa dipilih adalah bagaimana menjalaninya”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Buku adalah jendela
Sukma kita melihat dunia luar lewat jendela ini
Rumah tanpa buku bagaikan ruangan tak berjendela.”
― Henry Ward Beecher