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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERI never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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