01UndatedIt is defeat that turns bone to flint it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle it is defeat that makes men invincible.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
02UndatedA person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs jolted by every pebble in the road.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
03UndatedIt is defeat that turns bone to flint it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
06UndatedThere is no such thing as white lies a lie is as black as a coalpit and twice as foul.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
07UndatedFlowers may beckon towards us but they speak toward heaven and God.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
08Undated"I can forgive but I cannot forget" is only another way of saying "I will not forgive." Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note-torn in two and burned up so that it never can be shown against one.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
09UndatedThe 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 / quote ↗
10UndatedGod pardons like a mother who kisses the offense into everlasting forgetfulness.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
11UndatedYou never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are but you must approach each man by the right door.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
15UndatedIt is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is not according to what he has.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
16UndatedA helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track ... an inch between wreck and smooth rolling prosperity.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
17UndatedMan is at the bottom an animal midway a citizen and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
18UndatedMirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
19UndatedThe humblest individual exerts some influence either for good or evil upon others.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
20UndatedA tool is but the extension of a man's hand and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
21UndatedIt usually takes 100 years to make a law and then after it's done its work it usually takes 100 years to be rid of it.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
22UndatedA tool is but the extension of a man's hand and a machine is but a complex tool. He that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well being of mankind.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
23UndatedInterest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
24UndatedFlowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile some have a sad expression some are pensive and diffident others again are plain honest and upright.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
