We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Let parents who hate their offspring rear them to hate labor, and to inherit riches; and before long they will be stung… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A mother has, perhaps, the hardest earthly lot; and yet no mother worthy of the name ever gave herself thoroughly for her… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A mother is as different from anything else that God ever thought of, as can possibly be. She is a distinct and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness, and joy--these three. It is the light in the window of the face… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the mother for the child.” — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving women, there is no such slave as… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
All things in the natural world symbolize God, yet none of them speak of him but in broken and imperfect words. High… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. — 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
We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When God thought of mother, He must have laughed with satisfaction, and framed it quickly - so rich, so deep, so divine,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our yearnings are homesicknesses for heaven; our sighings are for God, just as children that cry themselves asleep away from home, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We pray for those who have ceased to pray. We pray for those that need prayer more than ever, that have fewer… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If every child might live the life predestined in a mother's heart, all the way from the cradle to the coffin, he… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
That was a judicious mother who said, "I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I… — 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
