Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Happiness

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom

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 Beecher

Wisdom

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Life

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Happiness

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Life

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Success

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Life

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Friendship

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Friendship

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom

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!

— Henry Ward Beecher

Love