The sun does not shine for a few trees, and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. The lonely pine on the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stoney street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Every man should use his intellect, not as he uses his lamp in the study, only for his own seeing, but as… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Happy is the man who has that in his soul which acts upon the dejected as April airs upon violet roots. Gifts… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are apartments in the soul which have a glorious outlook; from whose windows you can see across the river of death,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Blessed are the happiness makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If every child might live the life predestined in a mother's heart, all the way from the cradle to the coffin, he… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations, and maintain… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
You have seen a ship out on the bay, swinging with the tide, and seeming as if it would follow it; and yet it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share
