Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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.
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A babe is nothing but a bundle of possibilities.
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Every boy wants someone older than himself to whom he may go in moods of confidence and yearning. The neglect of this child's want by grown people . . . is a fertile source of suffering.
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As flowers carry dewdrops, trembling on the edges of the petals, and ready to fall at the first waft of wind or brush of bird, so the heart should carry its beaded words of thanksgiving; and at the first breath of heavenly flavor, let down the shower, perfumed with the heart's gratitude.
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Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!
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That was a judicious mother who said, "I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food.
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No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Victories that come cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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God is the one great employer, thinker, planner, supervisor.
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The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
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There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read, and they find nitre and charcoal and sulphur for powder. They read, and they find cannon. They read, and they make portholes and embrasures. And if a man does not believe as they do, they look upon him as an enemy, and let fly the Bible at him to demolish him. So men turn the word of God into a vast arsenal, filled with all manner of weapons, offensive and defensive.
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Grim care, moroseness, anxiety-all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine.
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Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which if it affects our real interest or happiness, we may not lay before God and be sure of sympathy.
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Wherever you have seen God pass, mark that spot, and go and sit in that window again.
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Of all joyful, smiling, ever-laughing experiences, there are none like those which spring from true religion.
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Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war, utterly shattered.
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When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and call it charity; when the crumbs are swept from our table, we think it generous to let the dogs eat them; as if that were charity which permits others to have what we cannot keep.
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What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
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Victories are easy and cheap. The only victories worth anything are those achieved through hard work and dedication.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.