Quote

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

Henry Ward Beecher

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Henry Ward Beecher
Journalist
Minister
Politician
Theologian
Litchfield (town)
Connecticut
Barrels
Restraint
Pieces
Without
Self
Men
Tumbles
Like
Hoops
Barrel

More quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

Image
No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
If there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it gets done.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
Religion is using everything for God.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
Someone calls biography the home aspect of history.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
Age and youth look upon life from the opposite ends of the telescope it is exceedingly long,--it is exceedingly short.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
Like the cellar-growing vine is the Christian who lives in the darkness and bondage of fear. But let him go forth, with the liberty of God, into the light of love, and he will be like the plant in the field, healthy, robust, and joyful.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is it is when it is put to the test.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
Life is a plant that grows out of death.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
Our life is in the loom it rolls up and is hidden as fast as it is woven. It is to be taken out of the loom only when we leave this world then only shall we see the pattern.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
So we fall asleep in Jesus. We have played long enough at the games of life, and at last we feel the approach of death. We are tired out, and we lay our heads back on the bosom of Christ, and quietly fall asleep.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
The disciples found angels at the grave of Him they loved and we should always find them too, but that our eyes are too full of tears for seeing.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
Henry Ward Beecher
Image
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
Henry Ward Beecher