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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.

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
Fear, Men, Thinking

Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.

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

Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.

Henry Ward Beecher
Home, Sometimes, Christianity
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.41

The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

Henry Ward Beecher
Running, Hard Times, Rocks
Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Morning and Evening Exercises: Selected from the Published and Unpublished Writings”, p.72

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a 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
Life, Thanksgiving, Gratitude
henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.115

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

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

That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life.

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

Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical life.

Henry Ward Beecher
House, Poverty, Very Good

Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.

Henry Ward Beecher
Clouds, Heaven, Sorrow
Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1871). “The original Plymouth pulpit”, p.92

Some people are proud of their humility.

Henry Ward Beecher
Humility, Pride, People

God sends experience to paint men's portraits.

Henry Ward Beecher
Men, Experience, Portraits
henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.164

The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.

Henry Ward Beecher
Men, World, Miserable
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.25

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.

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

Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.

Henry Ward Beecher
Inspirational, Happiness, New Year

I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.

Henry Ward Beecher
Fitness, Health, Thinking
Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.42

A cunning man overreaches no one half as much as himself.

Henry Ward Beecher
Men, Cunning Man, Half
Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor (1858). “Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher”, p.52

A dull axe never loves grindstones, but a keen workman does; and he puts his tool on them in order that it may be sharp. And men do not like grinding; but they are dull for the purposes which God designs to work out with them, and therefore He is grinding them.

Henry Ward Beecher
Men, Order, Discipline
Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.195

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

Henry Ward Beecher
Money, Men, Devil
Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1897). “The original Plymouth pulpit”

Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.

Henry Ward Beecher
Love, Sweet, Worry
Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Lectures to young men, on various important subjects”, p.303

Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer.

Henry Ward Beecher
Happiness, Cheer, Blessed
"The Original Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn".

God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.

Henry Ward Beecher
Hope, Men, Order
Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Lectures to young men, on various important subjects”, p.314

Beauty may be said to be God's trademark in creation.

Henry Ward Beecher
Beauty, May, Creation

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.

Henry Ward Beecher
Ambition, Mean, Men
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.77

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

Henry Ward Beecher
Real, Failure, Men
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.84

God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else.

Henry Ward Beecher
God Bless, Bless, Good Nature
Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and Ears”, p.251

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