Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

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

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Henry Ward Beecher
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
Henry Ward Beecher

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

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

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

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.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

Love is the river of life in the world.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.