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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Henry Ward Beecher
Happiness, Happy, Teacher
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life thoughts gathered from the extemporaneous discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, by E.D. Procter”, p.48

We pray for those who have ceased to pray. We pray for those that need prayer more than ever, that have fewer and fewer seasons even of thought, that grow hard with years, that are less and less troubled by sin, and that are more and more irreverent of religion. We pray for the children of Christian parents who sometimes weep at the memory of father and mother, but who never have thought of God.

Henry Ward Beecher
Christian, Mother, Memories
"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 341, 1895.

If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.

Henry Ward Beecher
Done, Want, Christ

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.

Henry Ward Beecher
Sports, Motivational Sports, Teammate

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

Henry Ward Beecher
Inspirational, Strength, Success
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.33

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
Adversity, Reflection, People

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

Henry Ward Beecher
Real, War, Men
Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Original Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.509

No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.

Henry Ward Beecher
Imperfection, Doe, Needs

Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.

Henry Ward Beecher
Men, Hands, Feet
Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and Ears”, p.52

Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us

Henry Ward Beecher
Wise, Sorry, Failure

Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.

Henry Ward Beecher
Anger, Men, Looks
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.104

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother.

Henry Ward Beecher
Mother, Heaven, Slave
HENRY WARD BEECHER (1863). “FREEDOM AND WAR”, p.418

We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

Henry Ward Beecher
Love, Inspirational, Family
"Royal Truths, etc".

Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.

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

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

Henry Ward Beecher
Inspirational, War, Science
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.56

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

Henry Ward Beecher
Funny, Christian, Education
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.140

The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun.

Henry Ward Beecher
Weather, Rising, Each Day
Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1897). “The original Plymouth pulpit”

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Henry Ward Beecher
Inspirational, Life, Thankful

Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it.

Henry Ward Beecher
Men, Wealth, Pleasure
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.80

The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.

Henry Ward Beecher
Time, Morning, Motivation
henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.95

Sophistry is the fallacy of argument.

Henry Ward Beecher
Sophistry, Argument, Fallacy

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

Henry Ward Beecher
Inspirational, Life, Beautiful
Henry Ward Beecher (1868). “Norwood: Or, Village Life in New England”, p.69

Love is the river of life in this world. Think not that ye know it who stand at the little tinkling rill, the first small fountain. Not until you have gone through the rocky gorges, and not lost the stream; not until you nave gone through the meadow, and the stream has widened and deepened until fleets could ride on its bosom; not until beyond the meadow you have come to the unfathomable ocean, and poured your treasures into its depths--not until then can you know what love is.

Henry Ward Beecher
Love, Ocean, Thinking

There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read, and they find nitre and charcoal and sulphur for powder. They read, and they find cannon. They read, and they make portholes and embrasures. And if a man does not believe as they do, they look upon him as an enemy, and let fly the Bible at him to demolish him. So men turn the word of God into a vast arsenal, filled with all manner of weapons, offensive and defensive.

Henry Ward Beecher
Bible, Believe, Men

A house built on sand is, in fair weather, just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest chain cable when there is no strain on it. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong.

Henry Ward Beecher
Strong, Rocks, Weather
"Royal Truths".

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