A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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