Henry Ward Beecher Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

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

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

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

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

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men's best successes come after their disappointments.

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

True obedience is true freedom.

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

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

Some people are proud of their humility.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

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