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
Flowers are sent to do God's work in unrevealed paths, and to diffuse influence by channels that we hardly suspect. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We have the promises of God as thick as daisies in summer meadows, that death, which men most fear, shall be to… — 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
There can be no barrenness in full summer. The very sand will yield something. Rocks will have mosses, and every rift will… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
What a pity flowers can utter no sound!-A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Thinking cannot be clear until it has had expression-we must write, or speak, or act our thoughts, or they will remain in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Christians should be like a flower store: the odor of sanctity should betray them wherever they are. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Memory can glean, but can never renew. It brings us joys faint as is the perfume of the flowers, faded and dried,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He who only does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born imperfect. It is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. It gives joy to the poor, to the rude, and to the multitudes who… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Sorrows are gardeners: they plant flowers along waste places, and teach vines to cover barren heaps. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our children that die young are like those spring bulbs which have their flowers prepared beforehand, and leave nothing to do but… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Love, in this world, is like a seed taken from the tropics, and planted where the winter comes too soon; and it… — 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
