The poor man with industry is happier than the rich man in idleness. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul. — 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
Troubles loom up big when they're ahead, And joys seem always sweeter when they're past. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Blessed are the happiness makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The body is like a piano, and happiness is like music. It is needful to have the instrument in good order. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Of all joyful, smiling, ever-laughing experiences, there are none like those which spring from true religion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If a man has come to that point where he is no content that he says; I do not want to know… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We rejoice in God since he has taught us that every thing which is true in us, is but a faint expression… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We are not to make the ideas of contentment and aspiration quarrel, for God made them fast friends. A man may aspire,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Grim care, moroseness, anxiety-all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another's good, and bearing one… — 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