No grief has a right to immortality. That ground belongs to joy, to hope, to faith. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. — 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
There are sorrows that are not painful, but are of the nature of some acids, and give piquancy and flavor to life. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Though cares and sorrows e'er must come, Though heart be rent, I know that God will give me strength, When mine is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Thou, Everlasting Strength, hast set Thyself forth to bear our burdens. May we bear Thy cross, and bearing that; find there is… — 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
