Henry Ward Beecher citáty

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„Ľudí by sme nemali posudzovať podľa toho, ako sa im darí, ale podľa toho, ako ďaleko zašli od bodu, kde začali.“

„Každý umelec ponorí štetec do svojej duše a namaľuje do obrazu svoju vlastnú povahu.“

„Neexistuje žiadne priateľstvo, žiadna láska, ako je láska rodiča k dieťaťu.“

„Smútok robí ľudí úprimnými.“

„Rozdiel medzi vytrvalosťou a tvrdohlavosťou je, že jedno pochádza zo silnej vôle a druhé zo silného nechcenia.“

„Niektorí ľudia sú ako pyramídy, ktoré sú veľmi široké tam, kde sa dotýkajú zeme, ale zúžia sa, keď sa dotýkajú oblohy.“

„Noviny sú učitelia jednoduchých ľudí.“

„Matkino srdce je učebňou dieťaťa.“

„Nikto nemôže povedať, či je bohatý alebo chudobný tým, že sa pozrie do svojej hlavnej účtovnej knihy. Bohatým robí človeka srdce. Je bohatý alebo chudobný podľa toho, čím je, nie podľa toho, čo má.“

„Bohatstvo bez zákona je nebezpečnejšie ako chudoba bez zákona.“

„Porážka je škola, v ktorej pravda vždy zosilnie.“

„Ak nejaký človek nemôže byť kresťanom na tom mieste kde je, nemôže byť kresťanom nikde.“

„Božia prozreteľnosť je na strane jasných hláv.“

„Do akej miery sme preniknutí humanistickým duchom sa pozná aj zo spôsobu, ako sa obliekame.“

„Filozofia jedného storočia je zdravým rozumom ďalšieho.“

„Na tomto svete nás robí bohatými nie to, čo si vezmeme, ale to, čoho sa vzdáme.“

„Nástroj je iba predĺžením ľudskej ruky a stroj je iba zložitý nástroj. A ten, kto vynájde nejaký stroj, zväčšuje moc človeka a blahobyt ľudstva.“

„Nie je dobré, ak sa niekto modlí smotanu a žije pozbierané mlieko.“

„Nikdy nepoznáme, čo je rodičovská láska, až vtedy, keď sa staneme rodičmi my sami.“

„Nikto nie je taký víťaz ako človek, ktorý premohol sám seba.“

„Pyšný človek je zriedka vďačný, pretože si nikdy nemyslí, že dostáva toľko, koľko si zaslúži.“

“Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye, that is a lens which opens reaches in the unknown, and reveals orbs which no telescope, however skilfully constructed, could do; nay, which brings to view even the throne of God, and pierces the nebulous distance where are those eternal verities in which true life consists.”

“If any of you should die today, could you say to God, "Lord, here is my life work. Thou didst send me into life with a handful of seeds, and here is my heart, like a garden, full of flowers?"”

“There are a great many doors open; but a door must be of a man's size or it is not meant for him.”

“It is not painter or sculptor who is making himself most nobly immortal. It is he who is making true impressions upon the mind of man; frescoes for eternity, that will not shine out till the light of heaven reveals them; sculptures, not wrought in outward things, but in the inward nature and character of the soul.”

“Thou, Everlasting Strength, hast set Thyself forth to bear our burdens. May we bear Thy cross, and bearing that, find there is nothing else to bear; and touching that cross, find that instead of taking away our strength, it adds thereto. Give us faith for darkness, for trouble, for sorrow, for bereavement, for disappointment; give us a faith that will abide though the earth itself should pass away — a faith for living, a faith for tying.”

“All words are pegs to hang ideas upon.”

“Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the new applications of the truth, Heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung.”

“It is a view of God that compensates every thing else, and enables the soul to rest in His bosom. How, when the child in the night screams with terror, hearing sounds that it knows not of, is that child comforted and put to rest? Is it by a philosophical explanation that the sounds were made by the rats in the partition? Is it by imparting entomological knowledge? No; it is by the mother taking the child in her lap, and singing sweetly to it, and rocking it. And the child thinks nothing of the explanation, but only of the mother.”

“The one great poem of New England is her Sunday.”

“People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men. ”

“For four thousand years the strong had been rushing on in the road of privilege and power, seeking greatness. Christ stood in the path, and said, " Ye seek greatness. Ye are not even in the way to it. Ye are going up, but the way to greatness is down. Let him who would be great be the love-servant of all."”

“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.”

“It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.”

“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”