Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Morality is good, and is accepted of God, as far as it goes; but the difficulty is, it does not go far… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are materials enough in every man's mind to make a hell there. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
May we feel after Thee; still calling out in the darkness, as children waking in the night call "Father," so may we… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
So we fall asleep in Jesus. We have played long enough at the games of life, and at last we feel the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God has intended the great to be great and the little to be little ... The trade unions, under the European system,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
That which men suppose the imagination to be, and to do, is often frivolous enough and mischievous enough; but that which God… — 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
