May we be satisfied with nothing that shall not have in it something of immortality. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
To the covetous man life is a nightmare, and God lets him wrestle with it as best he may. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Let the GRATEFUL HEART sweep through the day that it may recognize in every hour some sweet blessing. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Laugh at your friends, And if your friends are sore; So much the better, You may laugh the more. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We should live and labor in our time that what came to us as a seed may go to the next generation… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
His nature is such that our often coming does not tire him. The whole burden of the whole life of every man… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
October is nature's funeral month. Nature glories in death more than in life. The month of departure is more beautiful than the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If you have only two or three things that you can enjoy and they are things which time and decay may remove… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Every boy wants someone older than himself to whom he may go in moods of confidence and yearning. The neglect of this… — 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… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein. — 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
O Lord God, we pray that we may be inspired to nobleness of life in the least things. May we dignify all… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Prayer is often an argument of laziness: "Lord, my temper gives me a vast deal of inconvenience, and it would be a… — 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
The conditions of city life may be made healthy, so far as the physical constitution is concerned; but there is connected with… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
May we feel after Thee; still calling out in the darkness, as children waking in the night call "Father," so may we… — 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
The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God has intended the great to be great and the little to be little ... The trade unions, under the European system,… — 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
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
Every man should use his intellect, not as he uses his lamp in the study, only for his own seeing, but as… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Indifference in religion is more fatal than skepticism. There is no pulse in indifference; skepticism may have warm blood. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
People may excite in themselves a glow of compassion, not by toasting their feet at the fire, and saying: "Lord, teach me… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I have great hope of a wicked man, slender hope of a mean one. A wicked man may be converted and become… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We may cover a multitude of sins with the white robe of charity. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Sorrow is Mount Sinai. If one will, one may go up and talk with God, face to face. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Flowers may beckon todwards us, but they speak todward heaven and God. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When leisure is a selfish luxury, its very activity, when it stirs, is apt to be only a kind of indolence taking… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Like waves, our feelings may continue by repeating themselves, by intermittent rushes; but no emotion any more than a wave can long… — 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
