Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Some people are proud of their humility.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

True obedience is true freedom.

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

Men's best successes come after their disappointments.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

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

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odour, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.

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

The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

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

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