In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIn this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTrue obedience is true freedom.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThere is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation’s young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.
HENRY WARD BEECHEREvery tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhere is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTrue elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHome should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
HENRY WARD BEECHERNo man is more cheated than the selfish man.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
HENRY WARD BEECHERAdversity, 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 BEECHERThe mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
HENRY WARD BEECHERLaws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTo know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
HENRY WARD BEECHER