Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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