Creative Quotations from Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Henry Ward Beecher
(1813-1887) born on Jun 24

US "clergyman, abolitionist". "He was famed as an orator of anti-slavery and woman suffrage; wrote "Seven Lectures to Young Men," 1844."

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

Men are like trees: each one must put forth the leaf that is created in him.

"In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot."

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

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R:	"In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991."
A:	""Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit.""
N:	"In "The Executives Quotation Book," ed. by James Charlton, 1993."
K:	"In "Barnes & Noble Book of Quotations," by Robert I. Fitzhenry, 1987."