A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labor in season and out of season under every discouragement... that requires a heroism which is transcendent.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs jolted by every pebble in the road.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A tool is but the extension of a man's hand and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A tool is but the extension of a man's hand and a machine is but a complex tool. He that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Clothes and manners do not make the man but when he is made they greatly improve his appearance.

— Henry Ward Beecher