--- title: "5 Cups Quotes By Henry Ward Beecher" description: "5 Cups quotes by Henry Ward Beecher. Plus more from Henry Ward Beecher and more Cups sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/henry-ward-beecher-175_charity_when-our-cup-runs-over-we-let-others-dri_306156.png" --- > [When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/when-our-cup-runs-over-we-let-others-drink-the-drops-that-fall-but/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/henry-ward-beecher-175_charity_when-our-cup-runs-over-we-let-others-dri_306156.png) > [The sun does not shine for a few trees, and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. The lonely pine on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/the-sun-does-not-shine-for-a-few-trees-and-flowers-but-for-the-wide/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/henry-ward-beecher-175_answers_the-sun-does-not-shine-for-a-few-trees-a_322948.png) > [Today is a goblet day. The whole heavens have been mingled with exquisite skill to a delicious flavor, and the crystal cup…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/today-is-a-goblet-day-the-whole-heavens-have-been-mingled-with/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/henry-ward-beecher-175_breathing_today-is-a-goblet-day-the-whole-heavens_1824831.png) > [A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a hazel-eye, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/a-cup-of-coffee-real-coffee-home-browned-home-ground-home-made-that/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/henry-ward-beecher-175_barista_a-cup-of-coffee-real-coffee-home-browned_2877286.jpg) > [There is a dew in one flower and not in another, because one opens in cup and takes it in, while the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/there-is-a-dew-in-one-flower-and-not-in-another-because-one-opens-in/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/henry-ward-beecher-175_compassion_there-is-a-dew-in-one-flower-and-not-in_3170703.png) ## Other authors on Cups ## More by Henry Ward Beecher > [Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/astronomers-have-built-telescopes-which-can-show-myriads-of-stars/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/a-lie-always-needs-a-truth-for-a-handle-to-it-the-worst-lies-are/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/miracles-are-like-candles-lit-up-until-the-sun-rises-and-then-blown/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/even-a-liar-tells-a-hundred-truths-to-one-lie-he-has-to-to-make-the/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/laws-are-not-masters-but-servants-and-he-rules-them-who-obey-them/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/our-sweetest-experiences-of-affection-are-meant-to-be-suggestions-of/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/in-america-there-is-not-one-single-element-of-civilization-that-is/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/the-best-lessons-a-man-ever-learns-are-from-his-mistakes-it-is-not/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/i-never-knew-an-early-rising-hard-working-prudent-man-careful-of-his/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [THERE are joys which long to be ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/there-are-joys-which-long-to-be-ours/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/people-may-talk-about-the-equality-of-the-sexes-they-are-not-equal/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/mirthfulness-is-in-the-mind-and-you-cannot-get-it-out-it-is-just-as/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/mirth-is-god-s-medicine-everybody-ought-to-bathe-in-it/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/some-of-god-s-noblest-sons-i-think-will-be-selected-from-those-that/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [You have seen a ship out on the bay, swinging with the tide, and seeming as if it would follow it; and yet it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/you-have-seen-a-ship-out-on-the-bay-swinging-with-the-tide-and/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cups/henry-ward-beecher/#itemlist", "name": "5 Cups Quotes By Henry Ward Beecher", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Ward Beecher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/when-our-cup-runs-over-we-let-others-drink-the-drops-that-fall-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/henry-ward-beecher-175_charity_when-our-cup-runs-over-we-let-others-dri_306156.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/henry-ward-beecher-175_charity_when-our-cup-runs-over-we-let-others-dri_306156.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/henry-ward-beecher-175_charity_when-our-cup-runs-over-we-let-others-dri_306156.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and…” — Henry Ward Beecher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The sun does not shine for a few trees, and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. 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