Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is multiplied a thousandfold, so affliction should magnify our joy and increase our spiritual harvest.
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It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.
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Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty, how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes.
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His nature is such that our often coming does not tire him. The whole burden of the whole life of every man may be rolled on to God and not weary him, though it has wearied man.
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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?
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if it could walk up and down in the garden, swinging perfume from every little censer it holds up in the air.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Someone calls biography the home aspect of history.
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Love is God's loaf; and this is that feeding for which we are taught to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread."
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A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
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There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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If Christ is the wisdom of God and the power of God in the experience of those who trust and love Him, there needs no further argument of His divinity.
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The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul.