Character, like porcelain-ware, must be painted before it is glazed. There can be no change of color after it is burned in. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Words are but the bannerets of a great army, a few bits of waving color here and there; thoughts are the main… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
As flowers always wear their own colors and give forth their own fragrance every day alike, so should Christians maintain their character… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness, and joy--these three. It is the light in the window of the face… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
October is nature's funeral month. Nature glories in death more than in life. The month of departure is more beautiful than the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The Negro is superior to the white race. If the latter do not forget their pride of race and color, and amalgamate… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some people think black is the color of heaven, and that the more they can make their faces look like midnight, the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Every green thing loves to die in bright colors. The vegetable cohorts march glowing out of the year in flaming dresses, as… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
