Henry Ward Beecher Given Quotations

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track-an inch between wreck and smooth-rolling prosperity.

I can forgive but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love.

There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world,--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills. Men take one who has offended, and set him down before the blowpipe of their indignation, and scorch him, and burn his fault into him; and when they have kneaded him sufficiently with their fiery fists, then--they forgive him.

''I can forgive, but I cannot forget,'' is only another way of saying, ''I cannot forgive.''

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man.

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.