All the sobriety which' religion needs or requires is that which real earnestness produces.
Henry Ward BeecherIt is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.
Henry Ward BeecherSome men are, in regard to ridicule, like tin-roofed buildings in regard to hail: all that hits them bounds rattling off; not a stone goes through.
Henry Ward BeecherIf you attempt to beat a man down and to get his goods for less than a fair price, you are attempting to commit burglary, as much as though you broke into his shop to take the things without paying for them.
Henry Ward Beecher