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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Henry Ward Beecher
Friendship, Forgiveness, War

The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.

Henry Ward Beecher
Men, Doe, Looks
Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “One Thousand Gems”, p.157

Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.

Henry Ward Beecher
Influence

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

Henry Ward Beecher
Broken Heart, War, Practice

Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.

Henry Ward Beecher
Temptation
Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

Henry Ward Beecher
Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Heart

A man without ambition is worse than dough that has no yeast in it to raise it.

Henry Ward Beecher
Ambition, Men, Yeast
Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress.

Henry Ward Beecher
Progress, Too Much, Looking Back

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
Humor, Good Luck, Hard Work
Henry Ward Beecher (1850). “Industry and idleness: with causes of dishonesty : to which are appended six warnings”, p.23

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
Life And Love, Taken, People

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
Family, Ratios, Burden
Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

Henry Ward Beecher
Fashion, Block, Character

A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.

Henry Ward Beecher
Men, Battle, Legs
Henry Ward Beecher (1868). “Sermons”, p.73

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

Henry Ward Beecher
Marriage, Couple, War

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

Henry Ward Beecher
Motivational, Success, Giving Up
Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor (1858). “Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher”, p.19

It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.

Henry Ward Beecher
Greatness, Arrogant, Exclusive
HENRY WARD BEECHER (1855). “STAR PAPERS OR EXPERIENCES OF ART AND NATURE”, p.267

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Henry Ward Beecher
Inspirational, Life, Positive

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

Henry Ward Beecher
Victory, Causes, Losing
"Royal Truths".

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Henry Ward Beecher
Inspiring, Disappointment, Failure

He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.

Henry Ward Beecher
Love, Weed, Flower

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Henry Ward Beecher
Inspirational, Kindness, Compassion
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.158

Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone; he would have the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard!

Henry Ward Beecher
Bible, Ocean, Biblical
"Life Thoughts".

There is a power in the human mind ... to see things as they are ... but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.

Henry Ward Beecher
Mind, Might, Humans
Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher”, p.150

I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.

Henry Ward Beecher
Men, Evil, May

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

Henry Ward Beecher
Love, Positive, Summer
Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Lectures to young men, on various important subjects”, p.296

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