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.

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

The head learns new things, but the heart forever more practices old experiences.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Life Thoughts," 1858.
R:	In "Instant Quotation Dictionary," by Donald O. Bolander, 1979.
A:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
N:	In "Quotations to Cheer You Up When the World is Getting You Down," by Allen Klein, 1991.
K:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.