Short Quotes - Author Henry Ward Beecher Showing 1 - 48 of 117 Add Quote No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. Henry Ward Beecher Man Upvote0 No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it. Henry Ward Beecher God Upvote0 Now comes the mystery. Henry Ward Beecher Mystery Upvote0 Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. Henry Ward Beecher Death Upvote0 Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher Man Upvote0 Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart. Henry Ward Beecher Music Upvote0 Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. Henry Ward Beecher Gratitude Upvote0 Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. Henry Ward Beecher Success Upvote0 Suffering is part of the divine idea. Henry Ward Beecher Idea Upvote0 Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one. Henry Ward Beecher Friendship Upvote0 Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. Henry Ward Beecher Men Upvote0 Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself. Henry Ward Beecher Selfishness Upvote0 Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God. Henry Ward Beecher Life Upvote0 Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry. Henry Ward Beecher Forget Upvote0 Love is the river of life in the world. Henry Ward Beecher Life Upvote0 Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. Henry Ward Beecher Society Upvote0 Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. Henry Ward Beecher Day Upvote0 Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life. Henry Ward Beecher Life Upvote0 Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more. Henry Ward Beecher Friends Upvote0 I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. Henry Ward Beecher Wine Upvote0 It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. Henry Ward Beecher Upvote0 It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. Henry Ward Beecher Work Upvote0 It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher Heart Upvote0 It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. Henry Ward Beecher Friendship Upvote0 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 Love Upvote0 It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. Henry Ward Beecher Upvote0 In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. Henry Ward Beecher World Upvote0 It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk. Henry Ward Beecher Man Upvote0 In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. Henry Ward Beecher Shadows Upvote0 If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere. Henry Ward Beecher Christian Upvote0 It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. Henry Ward Beecher Success Upvote0 Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments. Henry Ward Beecher Disappointments Upvote0 You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. Henry Ward Beecher Upvote0 The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes. Henry Ward Beecher Upvote0 The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! Henry Ward Beecher Heart Upvote0 The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. Henry Ward Beecher Flowers Upvote0 The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. Henry Ward Beecher People Upvote0 The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. Henry Ward Beecher Mother Upvote0 The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. Henry Ward Beecher Education Upvote0 The dog is the god of frolic. Henry Ward Beecher God Upvote0 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 Perseverance Upvote0 The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic. Henry Ward Beecher God Upvote0 The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. Henry Ward Beecher Evil Upvote0 You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave. Henry Ward Beecher Grave Upvote0 Theology is a science of mind applied to God. Henry Ward Beecher Science Upvote0 The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain. Henry Ward Beecher Pain Upvote0 The most dangerous people are the ignorant. Henry Ward Beecher People Upvote0 The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. Henry Ward Beecher Common sense Upvote0