More from Henry Ward Beecher
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher
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How strange that our hearts heal from the same thing that broke it -love.
Cailin HargreavesCailin Hargreaves The peak of intensity is numbness not emotionless.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg She is everything and nothing at all.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole She built her castle at rock bottom.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Keep growing into yourself.
Sophia JoanSophia Joan They tell you to be grateful for what you have. But you are also allowed to be sad for what you have lost.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura what the sky is to a bird is like a dream for a dreamer.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman The Red Rose on my grave shows once I was in love.
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The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony.
James AllenJames Allen Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions.
James AllenJames Allen When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.
Paul WalkerPaul Walker Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they, therefore, remain bound.
James AllenJames Allen All that man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.
James AllenJames Allen All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
PlutarchPlutarch The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage of others. Why allow the other fellow to bluff you?
Marcus GarveyMarcus Garvey A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.
Charles DickensCharles Dickens