God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
Henry Ward BeecherA man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.
Henry Ward BeecherThe reason that men are so slow to confess their vices is because they have not yet abandoned them.
Henry Ward BeecherI used to think the Lord's Prayer was a short prayer; but as I live longer, and see more of life, I begin to believe there is no such thing as getting through it. If a man, in praying that prayer, were to be stopped by every word until he had thoroughly prayed it, it would take him a lifetime.
Henry Ward Beecher