Famous quotes by Clergymans

"There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"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, Clergyman

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

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"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, Clergyman

"Books are not men, and yet they stay alive"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"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, Clergyman

"A church debt is the devil's salary"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study, and practice"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"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, Clergyman

"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, Clergyman

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself!"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

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

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"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, Clergyman

"The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"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, Clergyman

"Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

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