Henry Ward Beecher

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#i do #see #things #you

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#community #indispensable #out #poor #rich

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#child #hates #him #laugh #who

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#every #like #pebble #person #road

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#act #charitable #every #heaven #stepping

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

#blessings #day #discovers #every #find

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

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#good #good nature #honor #knowledge #money