--- title: "4 Melody Quotes By Henry Ward Beecher" description: "4 Melody quotes by Henry Ward Beecher. Plus more from Henry Ward Beecher and more Melody sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/henry-ward-beecher-175_harmony_home-should-be-an-oratorio-of-the-memory_1290579.png" --- > [Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/home-should-be-an-oratorio-of-the-memory-singing-to-all-our-after/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/henry-ward-beecher-175_harmony_home-should-be-an-oratorio-of-the-memory_1290579.png) > [Loving is like music. Some instruments can go up two octaves, some four, and some all the way from black thunder to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/loving-is-like-music-some-instruments-can-go-up-two-octaves-some-four/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/henry-ward-beecher-175_black_loving-is-like-music-some-instruments-ca_1343352.jpg) > [Amid the discords of this life, it is blessed to think of heaven, where God draws after him an everlasting train of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/amid-the-discords-of-this-life-it-is-blessed-to-think-of-heaven-where/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/henry-ward-beecher-175_blessed_amid-the-discords-of-this-life-it-is-ble_2292116.jpg) > [While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/while-a-man-is-stringing-a-harp-he-tries-the-strings-not-for-music/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/henry-ward-beecher-175_construction_while-a-man-is-stringing-a-harp-he-tries_2858970.png) ## Other authors on Melody - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-zach-condon-97138.jpg) Zach Condon 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/zach-condon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-kumar-sanu-6129.jpg) Kumar Sanu 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/kumar-sanu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-bird-12885.jpg) Andrew Bird 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/andrew-bird/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/cassandra-clare/) - [Trentemøller 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/trentem-ller/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pete-seeger-74651.jpg) Pete Seeger 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/pete-seeger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-miles-davis-68255.jpg) Miles Davis 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/miles-davis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-huey-long-42562.jpg) Michel Legrand 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/michel-legrand/) - [J.J. McAvoy 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/j-j-mcavoy/) - [Enya 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/enya/) ## More by Henry Ward Beecher > [Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/astronomers-have-built-telescopes-which-can-show-myriads-of-stars/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/a-lie-always-needs-a-truth-for-a-handle-to-it-the-worst-lies-are/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/miracles-are-like-candles-lit-up-until-the-sun-rises-and-then-blown/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/even-a-liar-tells-a-hundred-truths-to-one-lie-he-has-to-to-make-the/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/laws-are-not-masters-but-servants-and-he-rules-them-who-obey-them/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/our-sweetest-experiences-of-affection-are-meant-to-be-suggestions-of/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/in-america-there-is-not-one-single-element-of-civilization-that-is/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/the-best-lessons-a-man-ever-learns-are-from-his-mistakes-it-is-not/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/i-never-knew-an-early-rising-hard-working-prudent-man-careful-of-his/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [THERE are joys which long to be ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/there-are-joys-which-long-to-be-ours/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/people-may-talk-about-the-equality-of-the-sexes-they-are-not-equal/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/mirthfulness-is-in-the-mind-and-you-cannot-get-it-out-it-is-just-as/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/mirth-is-god-s-medicine-everybody-ought-to-bathe-in-it/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations, and maintain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/some-of-god-s-noblest-sons-i-think-will-be-selected-from-those-that/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [You have seen a ship out on the bay, swinging with the tide, and seeming as if it would follow it; and yet it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/you-have-seen-a-ship-out-on-the-bay-swinging-with-the-tide-and/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melody/henry-ward-beecher/#itemlist", "name": "4 Melody Quotes By Henry Ward Beecher", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Ward Beecher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/home-should-be-an-oratorio-of-the-memory-singing-to-all-our-after/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/henry-ward-beecher-175_harmony_home-should-be-an-oratorio-of-the-memory_1290579.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/henry-ward-beecher-175_harmony_home-should-be-an-oratorio-of-the-memory_1290579.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/henry-ward-beecher-175_harmony_home-should-be-an-oratorio-of-the-memory_1290579.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of…” — Henry Ward Beecher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Loving is like music. 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