The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

—Henry Ward Beecher

About Henry Ward Beecher

Portrait of Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His rhetorical focus on the love of Christ has influenced mainstream Christianity...

More quotations from Henry Ward Beecher

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

—Henry Ward Beecher

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousand truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.

—Henry Ward Beecher

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

—Henry Ward Beecher

books human nature

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but".

—Henry Ward Beecher

praise but qualification

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will; and the other from a strong won't.

—Henry Ward Beecher

strength will perseverance

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