Many of our troubles are God dragging us, and they would end if we would stand upon our feet and go whither He would have us go.
Henry Ward BeecherA person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Henry Ward BeecherIt usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
Henry Ward BeecherWhen a man can look upon the simple wild-rose, and feel no pleasure, his taste has been corrupted.
Henry Ward BeecherBadgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their way up to an honest manhood in spite of parents and friends. Human nature has an element of great toughness in it.
Henry Ward BeecherWe pray for those who have ceased to pray. We pray for those that need prayer more than ever, that have fewer and fewer seasons even of thought, that grow hard with years, that are less and less troubled by sin, and that are more and more irreverent of religion. We pray for the children of Christian parents who sometimes weep at the memory of father and mother, but who never have thought of God.
Henry Ward Beecher