Let the GRATEFUL HEART sweep through the day that it may recognize in every hour some sweet blessing. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages. Just because the rains descend, and the winds blow, we cannot… — 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
There ought to be such an atmosphere in every Christian church that a man going there and sitting two hours should take… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
See to it that each hour's feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Boys have their soft and gentle moods too. You would suppose by the morning racket that nothing could be more foreign to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
See that each hour's feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I read for three things; first, to know what the world has done the last twenty-four hours, and is about to do… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day. It is a blessed baptism which gives the first waking… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Expedients are for an hour, but principles are for the ages. Just because the rains descend and winds blow, we cannot afford… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men who stand on any other foundation than the rock Christ Jesus are like birds that build in trees by the side… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Your honors here may serve you for a time, as it were for an hour, but they will be of no use… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The natural term of an apple-pie is but twelve hours. It reaches its highest state about one hour after it comes from… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If one should give me a dish of sand, and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look… — 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
