“It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.” — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Not that which men do worthily, but that which they do successfully, is what history makes haste to record. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A boy is a piece of existence quite separate from all things else, and deserves separate chapters in the natural history of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“A little library, growing larger every year, is an honourable part of a man's history. It is a man's duty to have… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If one asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him: It means all that the Constitution of our people,… — 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
