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
To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man's roots are planted in night as… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no right more universal and more sacred, because lying so near the root of existence, than the right of men… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A man is a fool who sits looking backward from himself in the past. Ah, what shallow, vain conceit there is in… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
All human affairs follow nature's great analogue, the growth of vegetation. There are three periods of growth in every plant. The first,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Happy is the man who has that in his soul which acts upon the dejected as April airs upon violet roots. Gifts… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Love, in this world, is like a seed taken from the tropics, and planted where the winter comes too soon; and it… — 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
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
