The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
HENRY WARD BEECHERChristianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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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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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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