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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

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

We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character.

Henry Ward Beecher
Christian, Strong, Character

As flowers always wear their own colors and give forth their own fragrance every day alike, so should Christians maintain their character at all times and under all circumstances.

Henry Ward Beecher
Christian, Flower, Character

We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts.

Henry Ward Beecher
Inspirational, Blessed, Character
Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.4

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

Henry Ward Beecher
War, Character, Reality

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.

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

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.

Henry Ward Beecher
Character, Love Is, Personality
Henry Ward Beecher (1880). “Golden Gleams: From Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Words and Works : Being a Choice Collection of Over 350 Extracts from the Latest Writings, Sermons, and Lectures of the Celebrated American Preacher and Author”

A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.

Henry Ward Beecher
Character, Men, Rich Or Poor

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

Henry Ward Beecher
Money, Character, Reputation
Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.396

Character, like porcelain-ware, must be painted before it is glazed. There can be no change of color after it is burned in.

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

Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy, and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are filled with earthy and material things.

Henry Ward Beecher
Character, Heart, Men
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.90

A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.

Henry Ward Beecher
Character, Men, Self
Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.15

There is in youth a purity of character which, when once touched and defiled, can never be restored; a fringe more delicate than frost-work, and which, when torn and broken, can never be re-embroidered.

Henry Ward Beecher
Character, Broken, Frost
Henry Ward Beecher (1859). “Summer in the soul; or, Views and experiences”, p.215

Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.

Henry Ward Beecher
Character, Men, Circles
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.128

Little lies are very dangerous, because there are so many of them, and because each one of them scours upon the character as diamond-pointed.

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

There are not anywhere else so many ways of trickery, so many false lights, so many veils, so many guises, so many illusive deceits, as are practiced in every man's conscience in respect to his motives, thoughts, feelings, conduct, and character.

Henry Ward Beecher
Character, Men, Light
Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.35

Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life.

Henry Ward Beecher
Christian, Character, True Life
Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.

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

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